World Trade Organisation - International Trade Joint Ventures and Foreign Collaborations

Level of Knowledge : Expert knowledge.

Objectives . . .

To provide specialised knowledge in international trade, particularly in the context of WTO. Added empha-sis shall be laid on the intellectual property, foreign collaboration and joint ventures including international commercial arbitration to enable the candidates to discharge efficient services and to tackle practical situations.

Detailed Contents . . .

1. International Trade and Trading Blocks

   Theory and policy, institutionalisation of international trade, pre-GATT scenario, GATT and international trade, es-tablishment of World Trade Organisation; other international trade organisations including regional economic blocks - ASEAN, SAARC/ SAPTA, NAFTA, EC, etc.

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2. World Trade Organisation (WTO)

   Basic Principles of WTO and GATT; their functions and areas of operations, various agreements under WTO.

3. Anti-dumping Duties

   WTO provisions on anti-dumping; anti-dumping laws – anti-dumping duties, regulatory framework, procedure and developments therein.

4. Subsidies and Countervailing Duties

   WTO provisions on subsidies and countervailing duties, administration of countervailing duties, procedure for countervailing duties and emerging trends.

5. Competition Law and International Trade

   Interface between trade and competition, international aspects of competition policy, competition and consumer protection, regulation of anti-competition activities, multinational corporations and competition in international trade.

6. Intellectual Property

   Concept and objectives; various provisions of TRIPs agreement – intellectual property system in India; law and procedure relating to patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, etc. international conventions relating to intellectual prop-erty.

7. Foreign Collaborations and Joint Ventures

   Industrial Policy and Foreign Direct Investment : kinds of collaboration and joint ventures, negotiating foreign col-laboration/joint venture; drafting of agreement, restrictive clauses in the foreign collaboration/joint venture agreements; Indian joint ventures abroad.

8. Export-Import Policy and Procedures

   Main features, framework; export-import performance of the country; Standard inputoutput and value addition norms. export promotion schemes, SEZs, EOUs/EPZ, EHTP and STP, deemed export, export houses, trading houses, etc; export promotion councils/organisations, etc., export procedures and documentation; imports, free importability, actual user condition, second hand goods, import of gifts, import on export basis, import of used machinery/equipment, etc. Pro-cedure for customs clearance, warehousing, green channel for import clearance of goods, canalised imports, etc.

9. Settlement of Disputes under WTO

   Dispute settlement under WTO - rules, regulations and procedures relating to settlement of disputes under WTO.

10. International Commercial Arbitration

    International commercial contract and international commercial arbitration, drafting of arbitration agreements, etc., procedure for international commercial arbitration, international arbitration institutions.

Readings

• Zed Books Publication, London
  1. Round and Globalism: Free Trade adventure
     • Graham Dunkley

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• Ajantha Publication
  1. GATT Accord and India
     • K.R. Gupta
• WTO Publication
  1. Guide To GATT Law Vol. 1 & 2
     • WTO
• Wheeler Publishing
  1. Intellectual Property Rights under WTO
     • T.Ramappa
• Cambridge University
  1. Jurisprudence of GATT and the WTO
     • H. John Jackson
• IRWIN, London
  1. International Business
     • Robert Grosse & Durke Kujawa
• Academy of Business Studies, New Delhi
  1. WTO in the New Millenium
     • Arjun Goyal
• Gogia Law Agency
  1. Intellectual Property Law in India
     • P.S. Narayana
• ICSI Publications
  1. Foreign Collaborations and Joint Ventures – Policies & Procedure
     • P.S. Narayana
• Nabhi Publications, New Delhi
  1. Manual for Foreign Collaboration and Investment in India
     • Nabhi
  2. New Import Export Policy and Handbook of Procedure
     • Nabhi
• Commercial Law Publishers, New Delhi
  1. Handbook of Industrial Approvals and Foreign Collaboration
     • R. Krishanan
• Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd., New Delhi
  1. WTO and International Trade
     • M.B. Rao
  2. Joint Ventures; International Business with Developing Countries
     • M.B.Rao
• Zed Books Publiation, London
  1. Intellectual Property Rights, the WTO and Developing Countries
     • M.Carloe Correa
• Sweet & Maxwell, London
  1. Encyclopedia of Competition Law
  2. Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration
     • Redfirm Alan
• John Willey & Sons, London
  1. Economic Inputs, Legal Outputs – The Role of Economists in Modern Anti-Trust
  2. International Trade and US Anti Trust Law
     • Wallar Spencer Waber

Other Relevant Books

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