International Trade, Global Finance, and Sustainable Development

Level of study: Master

The research seminar examines world trade, foreign direct investment, economic rights, and financial regulation against the background of so-called ‘sustainable’ development. The challenge of this course is to analyze the interface between the role of law in the global political economy and governance from different perspectives: historical, current, the institutional, individual, the developed/developing world divide, etc. We will be examining policy and economic trends and learn to recognize points of friction with law and areas for improvement. Attention will be paid to public and private law regimes as well as trends in global governance and regulation, including protection of natural resources through unilateral trade-based measures; the legality of multilateral environmental agreements employing trade measures; utilization of science-based trade tests; environmental impacts of foreign investment liberalization, etc. The main purpose of the course is to make students able to analyze the interface between the role of law in the global political economy and global governance from different perspectives, including the current orthodox paradigm of so-called sustainable development.

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 International Trade, Global Finance, and Sustainable Development (PDF, 467 Кб)