INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW (DISS252)
Venue:
Korea University, International Studies Hall, Room 411
Course Period: Spring Semester 2016, Tuesday (5) & Thursday (5)
Lecturer:
Nany Hur (PhD)
Email: nanyhur@hanmail.net
Course Description
This course is to explore the overall legal frame work of international trade and investment. The focus is on the understanding of international legal rights
and obligations of international treaties, especially regarding trade in goods. Mainly the provisions of the WTO agreements including GATT 1994 will be
discussed. Also, the basic of international law and international economic law, the historical background and the structure of the WTO, issues related with
trade remedies will be partly discussed together.
Reading Materials
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Peter Van den Bossche & Werner Zdouc, The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization, 3rd Edition, (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
WTO Legal Texts (available online: https://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/legal_e.htm)
WTO case materials (panel and Appellate Body reports) (available online: https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_e.htm)
WTO case summaries (available online: http://www.worldtradelaw.net/)
“DSCs for Panel and AB Reports” (access through the KU library website)
If you need more references to understand the lecture, please ask for my recommendation.
Evaluation Criteria
Student’s participation in class (including attendance): 10%
Group Presentation: 20%
Midterm Exam: 30%
Final Exam: 40%
The specific format of the presentation and exams will be decided after the first meeting of the class.
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Weekly Schedule (flexible)
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Date
Subject
Activities
Related reading assignments
1
3/3
Introduction to the Course
Lecture
No reading assignment
2
3/8-10
Introduction to the International Economic
Law
Lecture
No reading assignment
3
3/15-17
Overview of International Trade and the Law
of the WTO
Lecture
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4
3/22-24
WTO Dispute settlement and the decisions of
the DSB
Lecture
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Reduction of Tariff and Non-tariff Barriers
Lecture
5
3/29-31
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 1-72 / 74-104
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WTO official website: “What is the WTO?”
https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact1_e.htm
Bossche & Zdouc pp.157-160 / 179-250
WTO official website: “Settling Disputes: A Unique
Contribution”
https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/disp1_e.htm
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WTO official website: “Settling Disputes: Panel Process”
https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/disp2_e.htm
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GATT and DSU legal text
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6
7
4/5-7
4/12-14
Non-Discrimination Principle:
Most-favoured-nation treatment,
National treatment
Lecture
General and Security Exceptions
Lecture
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8
4/19-21
Midterm Exam
9
4/26-28
Economic Emergency Exceptions:
Safeguard Measures and Balance-of Payment
Lecture
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2
Bossche & Zdouc pp.418-477 / 479-513
GATT legal text
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 315-335 / 349-403
GATT legal text
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 543-582 / 595-599
GATT legal text
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 606-645
GATT and Agreement on Safeguards legal texts
Measures
10
5/3
Regional Trade Exceptions
Lecture
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11
12
5/10-12
5/17-19
Presentations on the related WTO cases
Trade Remedies: Issues of Dumping
Group
Presentations
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Lecture
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13
5/24-26
Trade Remedies: Issues of Subsidies
Lecture
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14
5/31-6/2
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)
Lecture
Lecture
15
6/7-9
Review and Brief introduction to the other
areas of International Economic Law:
Trade in services, Intellectual Property and
Investment)
16
6/14-16
Final Exam
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3
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 648-664
GATT legal text
Korea-US FTA, Korea-EU FTA, TPP texts
WTO Panel and AB Reports
WTO case summaries
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 673-742
GATT and Agreement on Anti-dumping (Agreement on
Implementation of Article VI of GATT) legal texts
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 744-833
GATT and Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures legal texts
Bossche & Zdouc pp. 850-950
TBT and SPS Agreements legal texts
No reading assignment