PHD SEMINARS
2015/16
WTO LAW AND POLICY
Instructors: Prof. Giorgio Sacerdoti, Leonardo Borlini, Anna De Luca
SEMINARS’ CALENDAR
No
1
Date
Tues. 3/11/15
2
Thur. 5/11/15
3
Tues. 10/11/15
4
Thur.12/11/15
Conference
Friday 13/11/15
5
Friday 27/11/15
6
Friday 4/12/15
7
Wed. 9/12/15
8
9
Thur. 10/12/15
Friday 11/12/2015
10
Tues. 15/12/2015
11
Wed. 16/12/2015
Subject
Introduction to the multilateral trading
system – the role of the Dispute
Settlement System within the WTO
Dispute Settlement 1 – Panels : selection,
function, proceedings
Dispute Settlement 2 – Appeal:
organization of the AB, functions,
interpretation and precedent
Implementation and the legitimacy of the
dispute settlement system
The WTO and other International
Regimes
The Non-Discriminations Principles in
the GATT: MFN and National Treatment
Regionalism and Art. XXIV of the GATT
Time
10.30-12
EU-South Korea FTA, novelties and
innovations in respect of past European
Trade Agreements
Analysis of the CETA: Trade Chapters
The General Exceptions: Art. XX of the
GATT
Analysis of EU-Singapore FTA: Trade
Chapters
The TTIP
10.30-12.00
10.30-12
10.30-12
10.30-12
10.30-18
14.30 - 16.45
14.30 - 16.45
14.30-16.00
14.30 - 16.00
10.30-12.00
10.30-12.00
General and background materials relevant to the course are listed below. Specific materials may
be posted on the e-learning space.
BACKGROUND MATERIALS
The text of the WTO Agreement and the Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) are available at:
http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/legal_e.htm
Summaries of all WTO disputes, key findings and current status are available at:
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_status_e.htm
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All WTO panel and Appellate Body reports may be found and searched through at:
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/
The jurisprudence of the WTO, organized by agreement and by article by the WTO Secretariat, may
be found at:
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/analytic_index_e/analytic_index_e.htm
Course on Dispute Settlement (Item 3: World Trade Organization), available at
http://r0.unctad.org/disputesettlement/course.htm (UNCTAD 2003), in particular:
 3.1 – Overview (Van Den Bossche P), 1-63;
 3.2 – Panels (Van Den Bossche P), 1-50;
 3.3 – Appellate Review (Gappah P), 1-41;
 3.4 – Implementation and Enforcement (Kessie E), 1-47;
 3.5 – GATT 1994, 1-95
Sacerdoti G, The Dispute settlement system of the WTO in action: a perspective on the first ten
years, in Sacerdoti G, A Yanovich & J Bohanes (eds), The WTO at Ten (CUP 2006), pp 35-57;
For further information students may refer to Van Den Bossche P. and Zdouc W., The Law and
Policy of the World Trade Organization (CUP 2013, 3°ed.) available at the EGEA Bookstore.
EXAM
A short essay (8 pages) will be assigned to each student concerning key issues discussed at the
seminar to be completed by an agreed date and short presentations of cases will assigned before
relevant classes.
HONOR CODE
Università Bocconi conceives of education as an ongoing process that stretches across a person’s entire professional
life. The University hopes that the entire Bocconi community will respect the values of fairness and correctness
associated with it, values which inspire and guide the conduct of all community members as they pursue common
objectives and a shared mission.
The Università Bocconi Honor Code is published at
http://www.unibocconi.eu/honorcode. We encourage all students to read it.
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