Sustainable Development in Global Trade (WTO) Law

The course aims at - analyzing international trade law and its relationship with the international framework on sustainable development; - Examining the main WTO covered agreements and Regional Trade Agreements, in light of the connected issues concerning sustainable development.

By the end of this course, students should be able to: - understand and evaluate critically the international trade legal issues and their relationship with sustainable development; - interpret the international trade legal provisions, taking account of the international legal framework on sustainable development; - understand and evaluate critically the jurisprudence developed by the WTO in this field and the law-making process, as currently evolving within and out of the WTO; - use their communication skills (written and oral) in this field, including arguing convincingly, with logical and legal thoroughness and propriety of legal language.