M1.4: Organisations Influencing TradeA2
M1.4: Module Intro
M1.4: Organisations Influencing Trade
Our enquiry
Do the WTO, UNCTAD and Aid for Trade make world trade fairer for developing countries, or just freer?
Bodies → Rules and access → Advocacy and development → Capacity to trade → Fairness
Follow the questions towards your final judgement. At selected handovers, pause briefly to think or discuss. On the full module path, keep a written connection after Which Body, Which Tool? and Build the Big Picture.
⭐ Your path13 steps. The important knowledge in this module: the backbone you need to practise. Do them in order.0 of 13 done
Who shapes the rules and opportunities of trade?
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I can say who the WTO, UNCTAD and Aid for Trade are, and what each one does · I can explain who really holds the power when a dispute is settled
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I can say who the WTO, UNCTAD and Aid for Trade are, and what each one does · I can explain how the WTO and UNCTAD each promote trade
Do shared rules give countries equal opportunities?
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I can argue free trade against protectionism
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I can explain how disputes are settled, by the WTO and by UNCTAD
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I can explain how free trade is now, and where the barriers still bite
How can support for developing countries change trade?
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I can explain how UNCTAD works for developing countries without hard power · I can explain who really holds the power when a dispute is settled
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I can explain how the WTO and UNCTAD each promote trade · I can explain how UNCTAD works for developing countries without hard power
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I can explain how ideas are protected, and the debate over medicines
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I can explain how the WTO and UNCTAD each promote trade · I can match the right body to the right tool
Does the capacity to trade become more trade?
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I can judge whether Aid for Trade has worked, with figures
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I can judge whether Aid for Trade has worked, with figures
How far do these bodies make trade fairer?
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I can judge whether the three bodies make trade fairer, or just freer
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I can tell the whole story of M1.4 and answer the big question
🎓 Seminar prep
Prepare your evidence and arguments for the class seminar.
🔎 Go deeper · 9
🔎 Go deeperExtension. Pushing for a top grade, or found a step hard? These build on the same ideas, so you can stretch or consolidate.
- I can say who the WTO, UNCTAD and Aid for Trade are, and what each one does
- I can match the right body to the right tool
- I can explain how disputes are settled, by the WTO and by UNCTAD
- I can explain how free trade is now, and where the barriers still bite
- I can explain how ideas are protected, and the debate over medicines
- I can judge whether Aid for Trade has worked, with figures
🔎 Go deeperExtension. Pushing for a top grade, or found a step hard? These build on the same ideas, so you can stretch or consolidate.
- I can say who the WTO, UNCTAD and Aid for Trade are, and what each one does
- I can match the right body to the right tool
- I can explain how disputes are settled, by the WTO and by UNCTAD
- I can explain how free trade is now, and where the barriers still bite
- I can explain how ideas are protected, and the debate over medicines
- I can judge whether Aid for Trade has worked, with figures