Summer Academy
on international trade and investment law and policyThe WTI Summer Academy: 9 July – 10 August 2012
Join us for the 10th edition of our five-week Summer Academy and receive an inside look at the hottest topics in investment and trade regulation, all while experiencing the beauty of Bern and Switzerland in summer!
The WTI Summer Academy provides you with accessible yet specialised knowledge of some of the most cutting-edge issues in investment and trade regulation and is designed for private, public and civil society professionals and higher-education students. In lectures, discussions and case studies, some of the world's leading experts will teach you how to blend the policy aspects of trade and investment with thorough legal interpretation and economic analysis. Becoming a part of the WTI community, you'll establish valuable contacts with fellow-minded professionals and lecturers.
The courses of the WTI Summer Academy can be attended in a flexible, 'à la carte' way: you choose to sign up for those courses which suit your needs and cover your interests! You'll receive access to the WTI's state-of-the-art facilities, online resources and extensive library.
Ms Gaby Hofer looks forward to receiving your application and will gladly be of assistance if you have questions. All courses are taught in English and the number of participants is limited to 65 per week.
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Summer Academy 2012 Modules
Week 1: Contestable Markets: Trade, (...)
09 Jul 2012 - 13 Jul 2012
This interdisciplinary course delves into the relationships between international trade, competition policy and government procurement, from both a legal and an economic point of (...)
Week 2: Trade Remedies
16 Jul 2012 - 20 Jul 2012
This course explains EC and US anti-dumping and safeguards law and practice and how they relate to WTO law. Various subsidy regimes are analysed in relation to the WTO Agreement (...)
Week 3: Settling Investment Disputes
23 Jul 2012 - 27 Jul 2012
This course delves into the dynamic field of investment disputes, exploring recent patterns of investor–state litigation, the nature of the substantive disciplines and actors (...)
Week 4: Managing the Border: Trade Costs, (...)
30 Jul 2012 - 03 Aug 2012
This course will discuss conditions for successful trade facilitation and logistics reforms – a challenging process which involves identifying and addressing bottlenecks along a (...)
Week 5: The Law, Economics and Politics of (...)
06 Aug 2012 - 10 Aug 2012
This course explores the recent proliferation of preferential trade agreements from a legal, economic and global political economy perspective, investigating the forces shaping (...)
Please note the updated order of course weeks.
9 – 13 July 2012: Contestable markets
23 – 27 July 2012: Settling investment disputes
(all other course weeks are in the same order as announced)
