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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Law of International Trade
LAWS3108(5)
3
0
3

Description
The historical background of International Economic Relations, globalisation, sustainable development and trade; GATT; WTO; Organisation resolution of Disputes; LOME/COTONOU Convention; Regional dimension of trade: The preferential trade area, The free trade area, The customs Union, The single market, The economic and monetary union, their organisations, main bodies, implications in the context of globalisation, European Union, NAFTA, COMESA,SADC, SACU, EPA; Regulation of Imports and Exports; International Economic Organisation; BIRD; World Bank; IMF; International Contracts; Financing of International Trade; Letters of Credit and other mode of payment; Transport; Insurance and Bill of Lading; The World Trade Organisation agreements: understanding its framework, substantive aspects (antidumping, countervailing duties, import licensing, preshipment inspection, rules of origins, Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary, Measures of Safeguard, Standards) and interpretation of agreements, main issues, main bodies and disputes resolution, amicus curiae, burden of proof, caselaw regarding the dispute settlement bodies. Mauritius between regionalisation and globalisation: the Sugar Protocol, mitigation of erosion of preferences, special and differential treatment, as a Small Island Developing States.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT Department of Law
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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