Магистратура
2025/2026
Региональные экономические и торговые союзы
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Право международной торговли и разрешение споров/Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution)
Кто читает:
Департамент международного права
Где читается:
Факультет права
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Таланов Владимир Владимирович
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
6
Контактные часы:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course “Regional Economic and Trade Blocks” covers the main international trade disciplines on market access and addresses the most fundamental border measures applied in international trade, as well as free trade regimes and preferential trade arrangements. The course covers the frequently used border regulatory instruments to regulate market access and their application in modern trade policy practices. The course provides for a deeper immersion into the modern regional trade agreements with an analysis of the major economic zones. The course explores the legal problems arising from the patchwork of the existing preferential trade agreements.
The course requires the students to have basic knowledge of international law and WTO law, sufficient level of English (to read legal sources, write essays and participate in class discussions), as well as other skills acquired during their studies at the university. Additional background in administrative law, private international law is welcome, although not mandatory for the course.
Learning Objectives
- The course develops the skills of students to interpret and apply Schedules of Concessions and Schedules of Specific Commitments, interpret and apply the findings of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and regional trade tribunals on the issues of market access and provides an understanding of WTO and non-WTO rules on border measures. It fosters knowledge and skills necessary for practice in international trade turnover and domestic litigation on the matters of cross-border trade, skills useful in international trade negotiations and policymaking. Following the completion of the course, students shall obtain the following skills and knowledge: understanding of the disciplines on border measures enshrined in international trade agreements, understanding of the scope of the relevant international trade rules and the domestic approaches in their application; ability to apply the rules of international trade agreements; ability to provide reasoned and concise legal advice on the given cases; ability to deal with constructed moot situations and cases, develop solutions.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students must gain knowledge on regulation of tariffs and quantitative restrictions under the current international trade rules; economic and legal viability of various possible border measures in the WTO milieu and in the regional context; positions of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body and the regional trade tribunals on the matters of market access and import/export restrictions.
- Students must gain knowledge on challenges and problems of the modern RTAs; the actual tensions between the new generation of RTAs and the multilateral trading rules.
- Skills and abilities: to use specific terms and sources of the international economic law; ability to interpret and apply the Schedules of Concessions and Schedules of Specific Commitments of the WTO and the RTAs; practical abilities of research, analysis of international trade rules legal documentation and academic papers; skills to analyse and solve cases and controversies, preparing legal argumentation and procedural and analytical documents in the sphere of international economic law.
- Students should gain the following competences: ability to work with information (search, evaluate, use information, necessary for fulfilment of academic and professional tasks, from various sources, including application of the systematic approach); ability to carry out professional activities in the international environment; ability to search, analyse, and work with legally relevant information by using the juridical, comparative and other specific methods.
Course Contents
- Subject 1. Tariffs and tariff concessions in modern times
- Subject 2. Market access commitments in the field of services trade
- Subject 3. Agricultural market access
- Subject 4. International Legal Framework on Regional Integration
- Subject 5. Key Trends in Modern Trade Agreements Drafting
- Subject 6. Special and Differential Treatment Available to Developing Countries
Assessment Elements
- Written assessmentThe written assessment takes form of a test of 10 multiple choice questions with at least 4 answer options for each. The test is aimed at checking the student’s knowledge and understanding of the material covered in class and during self-study. Return to the previous questions of the test and changing the answers is not possible. The test is closed book; students could not use any materials. The duration of the test is 15 minutes.
- Final oral examFinal oral exam takes form of an interview. The interview may be held in class or remotely using computer technologies. In the course of an interview, a student is asked to answer two practical questions covered in class or in the assigned self-study materials. Any follow-up questions could be also asked in the course of the interview. The use of any materials and devices is not permitted during the interview.
- Active participation, in-class discussionEach student is expected to attend all the sessions having go through and thought about the assigned material, including the questions and any problems in the text/ judgment assigned, and actively participate in class discussions, ask questions and make analytical comments about the assignments. Sessions will be structured as a mix of lectures, seminars, and participative workshops in order to stimulate class discussion: the participants are expected to cover the assigned materials in advance for each class and prepare position papers and presentations on identified matters.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.2 * Active participation, in-class discussion + 0.6 * Final oral exam + 0.2 * Written assessment
