Rhedir gan School of History, Law and Social Sciences

15.000 Credyd neu 7.500 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1

Trefnydd: Dr Wei Shi

This module examines the law relating to the World Trade Organisation. It reviews the history and creation of the WTO, its institutional framework including its political organs and the dispute settlement system, and the core principles in goods and services as well as the non-economic exceptions to WTO commitments. This will equip students with a sound knowledge of the law and practice relating to international economic law in its relevant aspects.

The module will study aspects of the regulation of international trade through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation. It will consider the institutional framework of the treaty scheme, the removal of tariff barriers to trade, international control of dumping and subsidies, intellectual property rights under the TRIPs Agreement, environmental, health and labour conflicts, protection of human rights, services and dispute resolution. Specific issues will be examined, in particular, whether ‘regionalism’ goes against the philosophy of free trade, whether trade should be free or fair (or are both possible) and whether the substantive GATT rules and dispute settlement mechanisms are in practice fair to poor countries. Coming from a variety of jurisdictions, students will be expected to offer comparative insights to the group.

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C- to C+ (50-59%)

· Demonstrate knowledge of key areas/principles.

· Have some, if only limited, evidence of background study.

· Be focussed on the question with only some irrelevant material and weaknesses in structure.

· Attempt to present relevant and logical arguments.

· Not contain a large number of factual errors.

· Describe major links between topics.

· Attempt to analyse and/or explain problems.

· Be free of major weaknesses in presentation and accuracy.

ardderchog

A- to A* (70%+)

· Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and detailed understanding of the subject area.

· Demonstrate extensive background study.

· Be well structured and highly focused.

· Contain logically presented and defended arguments.

· Be free of factual/computational errors.

· Include significant elements of original interpretation.

· Demonstrate an ability to identify, develop and present new links between topics.

· Include new approaches to analysing and/or explaining a problem.

· Be presented to very high standards with very accurate communication.

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B- to B+ (60-69%)

· Demonstrate strong knowledge and understanding of most of the subject area.

· Demonstrate evidence of background study.

· Be well structured and focused.

· Contain coherently presented arguments.

· Be mostly free of factual errors.

· Include some elements of original interpretation.

· Describe well known links between topics.

· Analyse and/or explain problems using existing methods/approaches.

· Be presented to high standards with accurate communication.

1. Critically and systematically analyse the legal and regulatory order of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), including the origin, structure and scope of various Agreements (such as the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade - GATT) and their application to international trade, and disputes which arise from such trades referred by countries to the WTO.

2. Critically evaluate current research and advanced scholarship on WTO controversies, such as international trade in services, TRIPs and access to essential medicines, the trend towards regional and bilateral trade agreements and how the WTO deals with developing countries.

3. Demonstrate the ability to analyse World Trade Organisation Agreements and case law classifying them in terms of relevance and importance, to propose solutions to international trade problems.

4. Review critically the values on which the WTO is based, and evaluate its effectiveness to regulate international trade activities in the interests of all participants.

5. Critically evaluate the main criticisms and proposals for the reform of WTO Agreements and formulate suggestions for their development and/or reform, taking into consideration current political, social and economic contexts.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
	Written assignment		75.00
	Case Study		25.00

		Oriau
Private study	The module requires students to undertake private study in order to prepare for seminars and assessments.	128
Seminar	The module will consist of 11 x 2 hour seminars. Each lecture will be a preparatory introduction to the related seminar. For each seminar students are required to prepare in advance and to look at essential reading together with preparation of problem questions, for which they will be expected to prepare outline answers which will enable them to participate in discussion of the questions in the seminars. The course will be taught by a combination of lectures and Socratic methods, with students required to consider hypothetical scenarios related to the seminar material. This will require advance preparation based on selected reading materials and legislations. This will provide students with the critical skills needed to assess the strengths and weakness of the legal regimes under examination.	22

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

• demonstrate the ability to work with others in a team to achieve reasoned, critical, comparative perspectives upon legal questions.
• present reasoned, critical, comparative responses to the views of others on legal subjects within a Welsh, United Kingdom, European and/or global context;
• present to others from a specialist or non-specialist background, reasoned, critical, comparative presentations relating to legal subjects within a Welsh, United Kingdom, European and/or global context;
• write sustained critical expositions of any given area of the legal subjects studied and present the findings clearly, logically and coherently;

Rhestrau Darllen Bangor (Talis)

http://readinglists.bangor.ac.uk/modules/sxl-4410.html

Rhestr ddarllen

• Gallagher, The First Ten Years of the WTO

• Hoekman, The Political Economy of the World Trading System: From GATT to WTO

• Jackson, The World Trading System: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations

• Jackson, The World Trade Organisation: Constitution and Jurisprudence

• Jackson, The Jurisprudence of GATT and WTO: Insights on Treaty Law and Economic Relations

• Jackson, Davey, and Sykes, Documents Supplement to Legal Problems of International Economic Relations

• Matsushita et al, The WTO: Law, Practice and Policy

• Trebilcock and Howse, The Regulation of International Trade

• WTO Secretariat, A Handbook on the WTO Dispute Settlement System

Gorfodol mewn cyrsiau:

• N2AF: MBA Law and Management year 1 (MBA/LMGT)
• N2BD: MBA Law and Management (with Incorporated Pre-Masters) year 1 (MBA/LMGT1)