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What the syllabus expects

  • Introduction
  • Free trade vs. protectionism
  • Trade barriers: tariff and non-tariff barriers

Trade policy and barriers

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Foreign Trade & Export Management in Nepal (MKT 252)

Unit 2: Commercial and Industrial Policy

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of trade policy and barriers.
  • Apply the relevant marketing concepts to a defined customer group, market or business decision.

Curriculum Scope

  • Introduction
  • Free trade vs. protectionism
  • Trade barriers: tariff and non-tariff barriers

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Trade-policy foundations

    1. Free trade versus protection.
    2. Objectives and arguments.
    3. Relevant assumptions.

  2. Barriers

    1. Tariff and nontariff measures.
    2. Effects on prices, access and trade.
    3. Compare under the specified policy setting.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 103–105.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.