As the world flattens, the global marketplace becomes more integrated, more vibrant, and more complex. As a result, it becomes more difficult to analyze, to negotiate, and to navigate. The complications and difficulties are increasingly housed and addressed within the ambit of trade policy. This seminar will examine the critical topics that will dominate the trade policy agenda for the next decade. It is a research class. Students will be expected to produce a research paper ready for submission for publication to a self-selected journal.