International Commercial Law 2600-ERSM1ICL

1. The scope of the course.
2. The origins of GATT and WTO.
3. The negotiating rounds.
4. The structure of the WTO Agreement.
5. The structure of the WTO.
6. WTO – powers and decision-making.
7. The Most-Favoured-Nation Principle in GATT’94.
8. The National Treatment in GATT’94.
9. The prohibition of quantitative restrictions and exceptions to that principle.
10. The rules on antidumping.
11. The rules on dispute settlement.
12. The rules on subsidies.
13. The introduction to GATS and TRIPS.
14. International trade from the perspective of private law.
15. The mulitiplicity of laws and jurisdictions.
16. The rules on conflict of laws.
17. The rules on jurisdiction.
18. The importance of choice of law and choice of jurisdiction rules.
19. The Vienna Convention on international sale of goods.
20. The INCOTERMS.