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Postgraduate study in Laws:

Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate

Course outline

World trade law
Section A: World Trade Organization institutions and dispute settlement
· From GATT 1947 to the World Trade Organization (WTO). History, objectives and framework
· Institutional aspects of the WTO
· Dispute settlement: basic principles and panel proceedings
· Dispute settlement: appellate review and implementation
Section B: Basic principles of trade in goods
· Introduction to GATT 1994. Tariffs and quantitative restrictions
· The most favoured nation and national treatment principles
· Safeguards
· Exceptions to GATT obligations (with special focus on environmental protection)
Section C: Specific regulations of trade in goods
· The Antidumping Agreement
· The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Duties
· The TBT Agreement
· The SPS Agreement
Section D: Special World Trade Organization regulations
· Trade in services (GATS)
· Intellectual property (TRIPS)
· Regional trade arrangements
· Investment and competition policy
Sequence:
Section A first, followed by section B.

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