International Trade & Finance
Jamia Millia Islamia · LL.B. Semester 5
Unit I — INTRODUCTION
Nature, Origin and Development of International Trade-Globalisation and Liberalisation-Export Transactions · Marketing Organizations Abroad: Agency Arrangements, Branch Offices and Subsidiaries-Foreign Acquisitions, Sole Distribution Agreements, Licensing and Franchising Agreements, Joint Ventures · Transnational Corporations : Definitions, Scope and its Role
Unit II — INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW
International Sales Contracts: Special Trade Terms in Export Sales and their implications, INCOTERMS 2010, United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980 (CISG) · Carriage of Goods: Unimodal and Multimodal Transportation of Goods- Documents of Carriage of Goods by Sea; Bills of Lading: Kinds-Nature- Features · International Payments: Methods of International Payments-Bill of Exchange-Letter of Credit and Collection Arrangement
Unit III — WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Historical Background of GATT 1947-Uruguay Round and Marrakesh Agreement-General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 · Principle of Non-Discrimination in International Trade: Most-Favoured Nation Treatment, National Treatment and General Exceptions, Developing Country Concerns-General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): General Principles, Developing Country Concerns · Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS): General Principles-Developing Country Concerns-Contemporary Issues related to International Trade-Environmental Issues-Doha Development Agenda-Singapore Issues-TRIMS-Government Procurement
Unit IV — OVERVIEW OF WTO AGREEMENTS
Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994(Anti-Dumping Agreement): Dumping and Anti- Dumping Measures · Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: Prohibited Subsidies-Actionable Subsidies-Countervailing Measures · Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement)-Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)- Agreement on Agriculture
Unit V — SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES
International Commercial Arbitration: Mediation and Conciliation- Recognition and Enforcement · Investment Dispute Resolution: PCA, ICC, ICSID, Ad-hoc Arbitration · WTO Dispute Settlement: Dispute Settlement Procedures-WTO Remedies and Compliance-WTO Dispute Settlement Reform Proposals