Summer School International Trade: Law and Economics

La LUISS School of Government presenta la Summer School in International Trade: Law and Economics. Questa Summer School si propone di fornire a professionisti, funzionari governativi, funzionari internazionali, consulenti finanziari, studiosi e studenti una conoscenza ampia e approfondita delle implicazioni giuridiche ed economiche delle più importanti e attuali questioni legate al commercio internazionale.

1. The Multilateral Trade System. WTO Agreements:  Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services (audiovisual, banking services, etc.), Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The participation of the EU to international trade system: some criticalities. The cluster also covers trade remedies, counterfeiting, and dispute settlement mechanisms, with a specific focus on the role and contribution of the EU as a strategic actor within the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. (25 hours)

2. European trade policy. EU preferential trade agreements; EU and its member states participation in the WTO: the distribution of competencies; the reform of the EU Customs Code. The EU internal market: EU competition policy; subsidies; capital movement. Bilateral cooperation in the field of competition policy: the agreements with the US, Japan, Mexico and Chile. The new Free Trade Agreements on goods and services concluded with ACP countries. (20 hours)

3. Foreign Direct Investments. The new EU competence on foreign direct investments. The Draft Regulation establishing a transitional regime for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries. The evolving international law on foreign investments: BITs, multilateral rules, judicial practice. International mechanism and bodies for the internationalization of enterprises including export assurance system and financial services: ICE, SACE, SIMEST. International contracts: negotiations and drafting; different typologies of contracts (agency/licensing/selling/joint venture); accessory instruments of international agreements; introduction to the related legal framework. International commercial arbitration. (15 hours)

4. International trade and economic theory: economic analysis of trade in goods, international payments and VAT on international exchanges, effects and results of trade liberalization, benefits and effects of the international economic integration; the economic rationale behind the contingency protection measures.