International Trade Law (5op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Tavoitteet

This is a live online course aiming at familiarizing students with 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 (19 contact hours), seminars (4-6 hours), self-study, independent research, exercises.

Suoritustavat

Assignment: 40%Exam: 60%

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 and public health; biodiversity and traditional knowledge). Also, the course reviews and analyzes the main challenges for the international trading system in times of COVID-19.

Aika ja paikka

Wednesday November 3, from 15:00-18:00
Friday November 5, from 15:00-18:00
Monday November 8, from 15:00-18:00
Wednesday November 10, from 15:00-18:00
Friday November 12 from 15:00-18:00
Monday November 15, from 15:00-18:00
Wednesday November 17 from 14:00-16:00
Monday November 22, from 14:00-18:00

Opetusmenetelmät

The lectures will be fully online