International Trade Law (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Tavoitteet

This is a live online course aiming at familiarizing students with current theories and policies that guide international trade and with the laws and regulations set in place by the World Trade Organization (WTO). The course gives also some perspectives of the central concepts of intellectual property rights regulation and their interplay with international trade instruments such as WTO-TRIPs. The course addresses the main challenges for the international trading system in times of sanitary crisis.

By the end of this course students should have a critical understanding of the WTO law and institutions, the WTO Agreements (GATT, GATS, TRIPS), and will learn how to meet the trade regulations and discuss the principles behind the organization's dispute resolution system.

Toteutustavat

Lectures (20 contact hours), seminars (4-6 hours), self-study, independent research, exercises.

Suoritustavat

Assignment: 40%
Exam: 60%

Students are requested to attend at least 70% of the online live lectures. However, attending all the lectures is strongly recommended.

Sisältö

The course offers a general introduction to WTO law, including the analysis of the GATT and GATS Agreements. Particular emphasis is given to the institutional framework for liberalization of trade and the WTO dispute settlement system. The course will also analyze the status of the EU in the WTO and the legal effect of WTO law in the EU context. Moreover, the course offers an analysis of the history and functioning of IP instruments in the context of the WTO and TRIPs Agreement, as well as an understanding of the role of IP in economic development and of some of the major global IP-related controversies between developed and developing countries (e.g. TRIPS; biodiversity and traditional knowledge).

Aika ja paikka

Thu 7.11.2024, 15-18
Thu 14.11.2024, 15-18
Tue 19.11.2024, 16-19
Thu 21.11.2024, 16-19
Tue 26.11.2024, 16-19
Thu 28.11.2024, 16-19
Tue 3.12.2024, 14.00-18.00 (seminar)

Oppimateriaalit

MANDATORY: 1) Allee, T., Elsig, M. & Lugg, A. (2016).The Presence of the World Trade Organization within Preferential Trade Agreements. Available at: https://www.designoftradeagreements.org/media/filer_public/3e/ed/3eed0af0-766f-4e1b-9327-109770944c38/allee_elsig_and_lugg_peio_2016.pdf. 2) Baldwin, R. (2016). The World Trade Organization and the Future of Multilateralism. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30(1), pp. 95-116. 3) Bechtel, M. M., & Sattler, T. (2015). What is litigation in the world trade organization worth? International Organization, 69(2), 375-403. 4) Howse, R. (2016). The World Trade Organization 20 Years On: Global Governance by Judiciary. European Journal of International Law, 27(1), pp. 9-77. 5) OECD. (2020). COVID-19 and international trade: Issues and actions. Available at http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/covid-19-and-international-trade-issues-and-actions-494da2fa/ 6) Taylor, C. O. (2017). Beyond retaliation. Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, 38(1), 55-136. 7) WTO. (2020). Export Prohibitions and Restrictions. Information Note. Available at https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/covid19_e/covid19_e.htm 8) WTO. (2020). Trade Costs in the Time of Global Pandemic. Available at https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/covid19_e/covid19_e.htm 9) Resource Book on TRIPS and Development: An authoritative and practical guide to the TRIPS Agreement. Available at: http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/ResourceBookIndex.htm 10) Legal material delivered during the lecture containing agreements, cases and commentary and reference literature 11) Matsushita, M., Mavroidis, P. C. and Schönbaum, T. J. The World Trade Organization, law, practice, and policy, 2nd ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. (pp.1-17; 110-139; 201-231; 233-256; 257-285) 12) Shaffer, G. (2015). How the World Trade Organization shapes regulatory governance. Regulation & Governance, 9(1), pp. 1-15. OPTIONAL: 1) The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law, Daniel Bethlehem, Donald McRae, Rodney Neufeld and Isabelle Van Damme, Oxford Handbooks in Law, 856 pages January 2009. 2) Taubman, A., Wager, H. & Watal, J. Eds. (2012). A handbook on the WTO-TRIPs Agreement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3) WIPO “Intellectual Property Handbook: Policy, Law, and Use” (WIPO IP Handbook, 2008) WIPO Publication No. 489 (E). Available at: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/intproperty/489/wipo_pub_489.pdf 4) Jackson J H: The world trading system: law and policy of international economic relations. 2nd edition Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1997. (pp.149-155;157-173; 305-317; 139-155; 157-173). 5) Sampson, G. P. (2018). Challenges Facing the World Trade Organization: An Overview. Australian Economic Review, 51(4), pp. 453-473.