International Trade in Wood and Wood Products
(2 units: 2 hours lecture per week; total for 18 weeks)
Department of Forest Products Science, National Chiayi University
No.300 Syuefu Rd., Chiayi City 60004, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Tel: +886-5-2717491; Fax: +886-5-2717497; e-mail: fps@mail.ncyu.edu.tw
Objectives of Nature of the Course:
The main objectives of this course are to introduce the basic issues of
International Trade in Wood and Wood Products. For each of the fundamental
elements, description, and future perspectives will be the main discussion issues in the
lecture. More specifically, core elements like International economics, Trade policy of
exporting/importing countries, Comparative advantage and mutually beneficial trade,
Practice of forest products trade and Multilateral trade negotiations: GATT and
WTO...etc., will be focused. In addition, for students, since Mainland China has
become a great competitor in the Forest Products trade, special attention will also be
given to this area. The lecturers of this course hope, after learning the
above-mentioned issues, all students would first, have a clearer picture of
International Trade in Wood and Wood Products, and second, create more ideas for
his/her own Career planning, future business, and/or International Trade research.
Teaching Materials:
The teaching materials will be offered by each lecturer.
Course Requirements:
1.
20 % Attention to each issue in the classroom and discussion…etc
2.
30 % Write-ups (Optional: Media presentations)
3.
20 % Mid-term exam (Homework of international trade)
4.
30 % Final exam (Homework: according to the term of each topic)
1
Class Schedule for the First semester in 2008
Data
Week 1
0916
(Tuesday
Topics
Introduction of the
course
Class 5, 6)
Week 2
0923
(Tuesday
Descriptions
Instructor
Objectives and nature of the
Dr. Han Chein Lin
(林翰謙 副教授)
NCYU
course: International Trade in
Wood and Wood Products …etc
Forest products
marketing (I)
5W/1H Descriptions for forest
Forest products
marketing (I)
Important issues in forest products
products trade …etc
Pro. Jun-Yen Lee
(李俊彥 教授) NCYU
Class 5, 6)
Week 3
0930
(Tuesday
trade …etc
Pro. Jun-Yen Lee
(李俊彥 教授) NCYU
Class 5, 6)
Week 4
1007
(Tuesday
Forest products
marketing (II)
Class 5, 6)
Week 5
1014
(Tuesday
Forest products
marketing (II)
Class 5, 6)
Week 6
1021
(Tuesday
International
economics (I)
Class 5, 6)
Week 7
1028
(Tuesday
International
economics (II)
Marketing investigation of forest
products, Goods, Price,
Quantities …etc
Common market, Customs union
plus movement of the factors of
production …etc
Demand and supply, Present state
of Taiwan and international
economics …etc
Forms of economic integration in
the international Economics …etc
Class 5, 6)
Week 8
1104
(Tuesday
Practice of forest
products trade (I)
Class 5, 6)
Week 9
1119
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Goods, Comparative advantage,
Letter of Credit (L/C),
Inco-terms …etc
Reading assignment (I) /
Mid-term exam
Homework of International
trade …etc
2
Pro. Jun-Yen Lee
(李俊彥 教授) NCYU
Pro. Jun-Yen Lee
(李俊彥 教授) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Dr. Han Chein Lin
(林翰謙 副教授)
NCYU
Week 10
1118
(Tuesday
Practice of forest
products trade (II)
Class 5, 6)
Week 11
1125
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Week 12
1202
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Week 13
1209
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Week 14
1216
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Week 15
1223
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Partial issues, Equilibrium,
Introducing transport (container)
costs …etc
Major types of export/import
Trade policy of
Barriers, Grain from trade, Tariff,
exporting/importing
Quota, The effective rate of
countries (I)
protection …etc
Trade policy of
exporting/importing
countries (II)
Comparative
advantage and
mutually beneficial
trade (I)
Comparative
advantage and
mutually beneficial
trade (II)
Multilateral trade
negotiations: GATT
and WTO (I)
Week 16
1230
Multilateral trade
New Year's
negotiations: GATT
Day
and WTO (II)
(Tuesday
Trade policy: Protection & Domestic
adjustment The static effects of
integration, The effects of growth on
trade, Change in factor prices …etc
Seeking a basis for trade, Price
advantage and flow of goods, The
effects of comparative
advantages …etc
New approaches to international
trade, Social and political
influences on trade pattern …etc
Introduction to GATT and
WTO …etc
GATT/WTO history and guidance,
The future of trade
negotiations …etc
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Adjunct Instructor
Tz-Li Wang
(王姿力 講師) NCYU
Class 5, 6)
Week 17
980106
(Tuesday
Approach to
Multilateral trade
Class 5, 6)
Week 18
980113
(Tuesday
Class 5, 6)
Introduction and description to
multilateral trade and offshore
banking unit (OBU) …etc
Reading assignment (II) /
Final exam
Media Presentation according to
the term paper from each
topic …etc
3
Dr. Han Chein Lin
(林翰謙 副教授)
NCYU
Dr. Han Chein Lin
(林翰謙 副教授)
NCYU