Objective
This 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: MFN and national treatment; tariff and non-tariff barriers; general and security exceptions; impact of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development; dispute settlement mechanism
- 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 new Union Customs Code: main changes and challenges
- Assessing key existing and forthcoming EU free trade agreements and the impact of the CJEU’s Opinion 2/15
- Dispute settlement: proposal for a new investment court system, proposal for a new FDI screening mechanism
- EU bilateral investment agreements
- Brexit and trade: key challenges and legal issues
Visit of the European Court of Justice
Participants in this summer course will also have the opportunity to visit the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Social Programme
After a day's intensive training, enjoy our varied social
programme: the course dinner with fellow participants, wine-tasting in
the Mosel vineyards and a tour of the historic city of Trier.
Who should attend?
The course is aimed at lawyers, in-house counsel, EU officials, civil servants and other legal practitioners seeking an introduction to WTO and EU trade law.
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Young lawyers and other groups
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discounts
10 % before 09.06.2018
20 % before 09.05.2018
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or comparable institutions
25 % - Discount Voucher Code
If you have a discount voucher code, please click on the option above and enter the code in the Voucher Field when you register.
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier)
40% - For Fellows of the European Law Institute