Objective

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

Key topics

• Key features of substantive WTO law
• Concrete operation of the WTO dispute settlement mechanism
• The reform of EU trade defence instruments and the new EU methodology for dumping calculation: key features and novelties
• Implementing the Union Customs Code: main changes and challenges
• Assessing key existing and forthcoming EU free trade agreements
• Dispute settlement: proposal for a new investment court system and new FDI screening mechanism
• EU bilateral investment agreements
• International trade in times of armed conflict