The course focuses on the laws, principles, functioning and jurisprudence of International Trade Law. Students understand the principles of multilateral and bilateral trade and engage with the practice of international trade law with the help of current jurisprudence and hypothetical dispute scenarios. The students receive an appreciation of the purpose and functions of the WTO and be familiar with its principal rules, impact and jurisprudence. Students learn with a unique combination of lectures, class discussions and practice exercises.

The course, taught to LLM students at Stocholm University, focused on the laws, principles and jurisprudence of World Trade Law. Students were taught the basic principles of multilateral trade and were encouraged to engage with the practice of international trade law with the help of current jurisprudence and hypothetical dispute scenarios. The students recieved an appreciation of the purpose and functions of the WTO and be familiar with its principal rules, impact and jurisprudence.

This course addressed the two main disruptive movements in international trade and investment law. First, we considered the critical proposals for review of the trade and investment liberal order. This movement is characterized by new topics to and forms for the regulation of the global trade and investment flows. The second movement of disruption is the most recent trend of protectionist measures amidst COVID-19, both to trade and investment flows. The purpose was to explore the clash of those two disruptive movements to the global economy.