Inaugural CIL-NUS Academy of International Trade
WEEK 4
RECORDINGS
MATERIALS
General course: The Essential GATT in the New Geopolitical Context IV
Joseph Weiler — 16, 17 May 2023
(Note: Professor Weiler’s readings cover Week 1 to 4 for the General Course)
- WTO – Primary Sources – (2016 Edition)
- WTO – Unit 1 – Syntax and Grammar – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 2 – Regionalism – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 3 – Rules of Origin – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 4 – Tariffs and Customs – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 5 – MFN – (2017 edition)
- WTO – Unit 6 – NTBs – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 7 – NT – (2017 edition)
- WTO – Unit 8 – General Exceptions – (2017 edition)
- WTO – Unit 9 – TBT – (2017 edition)
- WTO – Unit 10 – SPS – (2017 edition)
- WTO – Unit 11 – TRIPS – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 12 – DS GATS – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 13 – Anti-Dumping – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 14 – SCM – (2016 edition)
- WTO – Unit 15 – Safeguards – (2016 edition)
Specialist module: WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Is It Still the Crown Jewel of World Trade?
Thomas Streinz — 18, 19 May 2023
Syllabus – Megaregional Agreements and Digital Trade Specialization
1. Megaregional Agreements
a. Required Reading
i. Kingsbury et al – The Essence, Significance, and Problems of the Trans- Pacific Partnership (pp. 1-8)
ii. Hsieh – Signing the RCEP as a Milestone (pp. 67-81)
iii. White House Fact Sheet – In Asia, President Biden and a Dozen Indo-Pacific Partners Launch the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity
b. Legal Texts
i. CPTPP
ii. IPEF – Pillar I (Trade)
iii. RCEP
c. Background Reading
i. Kingsbury et al – TPP as Megaregulation
ii. Hsieh – Introduction – New Asian regionalism and the Global South
2. International Economic Data Law
a. Required Reading
i. Streinz – Digital Megaregulation Uncontested TPPs Model for the Global Digital Economy (pp. 329-336)
ii. Streinz – Designing International Economic Data Law (ASIL Proceedings 2021) (pp. 73-78)
iii. Peng et al – Artificial Intelligence and International Economic Law (CUP 2021) (pp. 10-21)
iv. MTI, Singapore – The Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA) – Overview
b. Legal Texts
i. Digital Economy Partnership Agreement
ii. EU Template – Data Flow Provisions
iii. Selected Provisions (CPTPP, USDTA, RCEP)
c. Background Reading
i. Shin-yi Peng – Digital Trade Law