Semester	Fall Semester, 2023
Department	Junior Class of BA in Global Governance Senior Class of BA in Global Governance
Course Name	Cross Border Digital Trade
Instructor	SAY ALICIA
Credit	3.0
Course Type	Elective
Prerequisite

Course Objective

Course Description

Course Schedule

Tentative class schedule

Class Topics Overview
Week	Date	Subject	Case Discussion & Activity	Assignments
1	9/13	Introduction to Course Syllabus Background and Introduction to International Trade	Self Introduction and Grouping
2	9/20	Costs and Challenges of Digital Trade Physical documentation Regulatory Requirements Non-Tariff Barriers	Reading: The Costs and Challenges of Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures Reading: The Digital Trade Era – Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries
3	9/27	Digital Transformation Path of International Trade Electronic Data Interchange National Single Window Regional Integration Global Initiatives	Reading: Handbook of Measuring Digital Trade
4	10/4	National Single Window UN Recommendation and Guidelines on Establishing a Single Window Different models of single window	Reading: Recommendation and Guidelines on Establishing a Single Window Reading: Organizational Transformation Using Electronic Data Interchange: The Case of TradeNet in Singapore Class Activity: Country survey	Country survey
5	10/11	Guest Speaker: Mr. Sean Kuei, Executive Officer of Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade Title: The discussions of digital trade in multilateral trading system
6	10/18	Trade Facilitation in Taiwan Customs Clearance Automation Trade Facilitation National Single Window	Reading: Single Window for Trade Facilitation: Regional Best Practices and Future Development
7	10/25	Digital Trade Payment		Course Reflection #1
8	11/1	Trade Finance System
9	11/8	Public and Private Partnership (PPP) for Trade Facilitation Public Policies Private Initiatives Examples of PPP Collaboration in Trade Facilitation
10	11/15	Case Study: Pan-Asian E-Commerce Alliance Interconnectivity and Interoperability Legal framework Trusted network	Case: Pan-Asian E-Commerce Alliance	Midterm Paper: A review of your country’s digital trade initiatives
11	11/22	Final Project Preparation	Class Activity: Individual/Group meeting with instructor
12	11/29	Regional Initiatives in Trade Facilitation ASEAN Single Window EU Single Window APEC Digital Trade Agenda APEC Strategies APEC Projects	Case: APEC ECO Pathfinder Project Reading: Facilitating Electronic Commerce in APEC: A Case Study of Electronic Certificate of Origin (e-CO) Reading: APEC Framework for Securing the Digital Economy Reading: Next-generation Trade Facilitation for Asian Integration: Cross- border Paperless Trade
13	12/6	Key Success Factors and Evaluation Tools for Digital Trade Key Success Factors Evaluation Tools	Reading: Study on Single Window Systems’ International Interoperability: Key Issues for Its Implementation Class Activity: Digital Trade Evaluation Tools
14	12/13	Regional Integration and Free Trade Agreements WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Contribution of Digital Trade to Free Trade Agreement Impact of Digital Trade on Trade Costs	Reading: Digital Trade Facilitation: Paperless Trade in Regional Trade Agreements Reading: Digitalising Trade Facilitation Implementation Reading: Impact of Implementation of Digital Trade Facilitation on Trade Costs Class Activity: Final Project Proposal	Course Reflection #2
15	12/20	Guest Speaker:
16	12/27	Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, AI and Blockchain in Digital Trade Cloud Computing Big Data Analytics in Digital Trade AI in Digital Trade Blockchain for Trade Blockchain application Blockchain Projects in Trade Cross Border Blockchain for Trade	Reading: Digital Supply Chain Transformation toward Blockchain Integration System Demonstration: Cross Border Blockchain for Trade
17	1/3	Final Presentation	Team Presentations of Final Project	Final Project: Best Practices of Cross Border Digital Trade
18	1/10	Course Review	Wrap Up and Review

Teaching Methods

Teaching Assistant

Requirement/Grading

Attendance & Participation 20%

The various in-class activities will include case discussion, class participation, and peer review. Students who are unable to attend class should please apply for a leave of absence in advance.

Course Reflection 20%

The class reflection should consist of the students’ takeaway, lesson learnt, or insights from the course. It should be a maximum of 2-pages, 12points Times New Roman/Arial, double-spaced.

Midterm Paper - A review of your country’s digital trade initiatives 30%

The midterm paper is an individual assignment to understand the students’ knowledge about digital trade. Each student shall write a short review paper about the digital trade initiatives of their respective countries. This assignment should include the concepts from previous lessons, including the challenges faced in the digital trade implementation, the implementation steps, the reengineered processes, the benefits of the digital trade projects and the students’ comments about the current status.

It should be a maximum of 5-pages, 12points Times New Roman/Arial, double-spaced.

Final Presentation – Best Practices of Cross Border Digital Trade 30%

The final project is a group project. More explanation on group sizes and how the assignment can be conducted will be provided in class.

Prior to the final presentation, students will be arranged a session to present their proposal about their final projects for obtaining feedback from the instructor and classmates.

Each team shall present a best practice or a new idea of cross border digital trade implementation for the final project. The final project includes an oral presentation and a 2-pages executive summary.

Textbook & Reference

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