| World trade law |
| Section A: World Trade
Organization institutions and dispute settlement |
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From GATT 1947 to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
History, objectives and framework |
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Institutional aspects of the WTO |
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Dispute settlement: basic principles and panel
proceedings |
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Dispute settlement: appellate review and
implementation |
| Section B: Basic
principles of trade in goods |
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Introduction to GATT 1994. Tariffs and quantitative
restrictions |
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The most favoured nation and national treatment
principles |
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Safeguards |
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Exceptions to GATT obligations (with special focus
on environmental protection) |
| Section C: Specific
regulations of trade in goods |
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The Antidumping Agreement |
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The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Duties |
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The TBT Agreement |
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The SPS Agreement |
| Section D: Special World
Trade Organization regulations |
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Trade in services (GATS) |
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Intellectual property (TRIPS) |
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Regional trade arrangements |
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Investment and competition policy |
Sequence:
Section A first, followed by section B. |
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Textbooks:
Mitsuo Matsushita,
Thomas J. Schoenbaum and Petros C. Mavroidis, The World
Trade
Organization. Law, Practice, and Policy (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2003), ISBN: 9780198764724
WTO Secretariat, The Legal
Texts: The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade
Negotiations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999),
ISBN: 0521785804 |
