Objective
This summer course will provide participants with a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of WTO and EU trade law. The course will focus on case-studies, applying instruments and concepts learned during the presentations to trade law practice.
Key topics
- Multilateral, regional and bilateral trading systems: challenges, overlaps and gaps
- Key features of 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
- Anti-dumping & anti-subsidy instruments, dumping calculation: focus on the impact of China's non-market economy status
- Implementing the new Union Customs Code: main changes and challenges
- Assessing key existing and forthcoming EU free trade agreements: Mexico, Singapore, Central America, TTIP, CETA
- Dispute settlement: ISDS / proposal for a new investment court system, national litigation
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, inhouse counsel, EU officials, civil servants and other legal practitioners seeking an introduction to WTO and EU trade law.
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EU and ERA patrons
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Young lawyers and other groups
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EYBA members
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discounts
10 % before 05.08.2016
20 % before 05.07.2016
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
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, City of Trier)
40 % - For members of the European Young Bar Association
40% - Fellows of the European Law Institute