Course Number:
LAW 836
Course Credits:
3
This course covers the core law and institutions of international trade and multilateral trading systems. Economic and commercial activities which cross borders are governed by legal, political, security, and diplomatic considerations that are reflected in treaties and domestic law which are increasingly relevant to United States lawyers as globalization evolves. World Trade Organization rules, dispute settlement, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, developing country trade, social considerations, unfair trade remedies, safeguards, trade in services, foreign direct investment, export controls, intellectual property and other basic principles along with trends in reforming the system and negotiating strategies will be examined.
