International Trade Regulation
As WTO law remains the “floor” of international trade law, the course offers an examination of the multilateral system of the WTO and its agreements covering trade in goods and services, as well as trade-related intellectual property rights.
The structure, decision-making processes, negotiating techniques and dispute settlement procedures of the WTO will be treated in detail. In-depth analysis of pertinent case law acquaints students with diverse situations of trade law in action, ranging from the effects of discrimination; quantitative restrictions and non-tariff measures; technical regulations and standards; sanitary and phytosanitary measures to trade remedies and various types of exception clauses that exist in the WTO rulebook.
The course also explores the relationship between the multilateral trade regime and the regional subregimes in all continents. The compatibility of preferential trade agreements with the multilateral trade regime will be discussed and the course will undertake to present the reasons for states turning away from the WTO as a forum for new law-making.
Sovereignty, environmental, labour and human rights protection, economic and national security, globalization and its impact on the protection of societal values are topics that are discussed with a view to identifying the linkages and gaining a better understanding of the real-life areas interacting with trade liberalization.
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ECTS: 10
15 Sep 2025 -
19 Dec 2025
Michael
Hahn
Isabelle
Van Damme
In the following programs: Master of Advanced Studies in International Law and Economics (MILE), Master of Law (LL.M.) in International Trade and Investment Law and Diploma of Advance Studies in International Law and Economics (TRAIL+)