The “Seminar in Advanced International Trade” deals with forced labor in the context of a globalizing world. On the one hand, trade has the potential to reduce poverty and inequality, thereby providing a basis against the use of forced labor, which is made possible due to extreme poverty. On the other hand, trade puts companies under competitive pressure, thereby incentivizing the search for ever cheaper workers and loopholes to circumvent local labor standards. In this seminar, we take an encompassing look at the phenomenon of “Modern Slavery”. Thus, the seminar is an economics seminar, but open to interdisciplinary takes on the topic. In your seminar paper, you will find your own research question in the realm of one of the following topics. Our seminar session encompasses student presentations and extended discussions on the grounds of your expertise and the mandatory reading material.