Module Specifications.
Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025
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Date posted: September 2024
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Description This module explores central topics in EU trade law and policy, emphasising the interplay between various economic and political interests on the domestic, European and international levels. It considers the role of the EU as an actor at the World Trade Organization and in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). The module examines: 1) EU trade negotiations both multilaterally and bilaterally; 2) the current trade rulebook to which the EU is subscribed at the WTO and under its RTAs; 3) trade disputes, dispute settlement and case law involving the EU at the WTO and under the EU’s RTAs; and 4) EU ‘trade defence instruments’ and recent EU initiatives including its carbon-border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), the EU’s newly proposed anti-coercion instrument (ACI), rules on foreign subsidies and procurement, co-ordinated FDI screening, ban on imports using forced labour etc. The module will look at these issues from legal, historical, political, and economic perspectives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. 1. Describe EU trade policy with reference to WTO law, EU regional trade agreements, and other EU trade instruments. 2. 2. Identify and discuss the main bodies of the WTO and how the EU interacts with them with respect to the structure, functions and powers of each. 3. 3. Be able to interpret and apply key WTO and regional trade agreements, including advocating positions in hypothetical or past cases. 4. 4. Critically analyse EU trade policy and contemporary trade disputes in which the EU has been a participant. 5. 5. Assess key challenges for EU trade policy today. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Indicative Content and Learning Activities• Introduction: EU Trade Law & Policy • EU trade negotiations at the bilateral and multilateral levels • The WTO and the WTO Agreements • The EU’s current free trade agreements • The EU experience of dispute settlement at the WTO and under EU agreements • EU trade disputes • The EU trade agenda: from ‘trade for all’ to ‘open strategic autonomy’ • EU trade defence instruments and other recent initiatives • Current issues in EU trade policy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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