Subject description
This course aims to provide the students with an introduction to the rules and institutions governing international trade. [t looks at the economics and politics of the international trade system, and then examines the basic WTO rules for international trade in goods, including the principles of non-discrimination (most-favoured-nation treatment and … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
LLB3338 - International Trade Law
LLB 338 - International Trade Law
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
Delivery
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
Lecturers
Tutors
Engagement hours
Contact Hours:2 hour seminar/week
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Examine the concept of free trade and the international structures that foster the liberalisation of international trade;
2.
Explain how international conventions, treaties and intergovernmental agreements promote, regulate and restrain trade;
3.
Explain the various ways in which government regulation may affect international business transactions;
4.
Recognise rules and principles of international trade regulation relating to specific issues within the framework of the World Trade Organization;
5.
Examine rules and procedures under the settlement of disputes mechanism in GA TT/WTO utilised to resolve international trade disputes among nations; and
6.
Critically evaluate emerging and contemporary policy issues concerning the regulation of international trade.