New Challenges in International Trade Law

2 credits · Law School

This course will explore how trade relations between states are negotiated and governed in regional and multilateral institutions. The course highlights the pluralistic and overlapping structure of modern international trade law where dozens of preferential trade agreements supplement and compete with the WTO's multilateral trade rules. In the first half, the course will explore how shifting food prices can leave vulnerable populations without access to sufficient food resources and how regional and multilateral agreements have separately addressed such food security concerns. The second half focuses on how states resolve disputes once agreements have been negotiated, both in the food security context and for other issues.