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The Wto and the EU trade policy. Jean Monnet Chair of European Economic Integration

The following are the specific topics:
           A)  The WTO system:
1) Basic principles of international trade;
2) After WW II: the need of international institutions for a new world order;
3) From GATT to WTO, the trade negotiations from Dillon to Uruguay Round;
4) The WTO Structure and functions;
5) The Doha Agenda and the WTO negotiations;
6) Trade and Aid;
7) Anti-dumping, competition policy and government procurements in WTO
8) The commercial disputes in the WTO system;
9) The commercial disputes between the EU and US;
10) Regional trade agreements;
11) Determinants and flows of foreign direct investments;
 B)       The EU trade policy
12)       EU trade policy aims and working;
13)       EU bilateral trade agreements: Mediterranean countries, Asia, Latin      
             America, USA, Russia,
14)       EU unilateral trade policy
15)        EU trade defence instruments (in the fields of export and import);
 16)       EU trade in services policy;
 
C) The impact of the 2007-2012 crisis on international trade.