Objective 

This summer course will provide participants with a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of WTO and EU trade law. The course will focus on case-studies, applying instruments and concepts learned during the presentations to trade law practice.

Key topics

• Understanding multilateral, regional and bilateral trading systems: challenges, overlaps and gaps
• EU and WTO trade liberalisation, trade defence instruments and trade controls
• Regulations and policies on anti-dumping and anti-subsidies
• Preferential and non-preferential rules of origin
• Implementing the new Union Customs Code: key changes and challenges
• Dispute settlement and enforcement mechanisms: WTO, EU and arbitration
• TTIP negotiations: key issues and recent developments