International Trade

LAW

7708

International Trade

This course introduces the legal, legislative and regulatory issues involved in international trade and transactional business. Beginning with an analysis of why nations trade and the laws that govern trade between nations, the course surveys the issues related to international and regional trade agreements. Topics will include issues not covered in the International Commercial Transactions: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and regional efforts to expand the agreement; trade wars and international economic dispute settlement; embargoes and expropriation; the Uruguay Round agreement on trade in intellectual property and the World Trade Organization (WTO).The course will examine a series of case studies in theories of trade conflict as well as practical issues in the sale of goods, how small businesses trade, and commercial arbitration with developing nations. We will also explore how international trade affects New York's economy and U.S. commerce.Students will work on a collaborative writing project on how immigrant New Yorkers can establish a trading entity and conduct international trade which the students began in International Commercial Transactions entitled, DOING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN NEW YORK CITY: A LEGAL GUIDE FOR IMMIGRANTS.

Fall, Spring

Law

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