Geneva Trade Institute Syllabus

Tentative Schedule

Monday

  • 8:00 - 9:00
  • Breakfast
  • Check-in
  • 8:45 - 9:00
  • Introduction
  • Trade Policy
  • History and economics of trade policy, and globalization
  • 9:00 - 1:00
  • (Break)
  • Trade Barriers
  • All trade barriers as organized in the GATT/WTO framework
  • 1:00 - 2:00
  • Lunch
  • WTO
  • History, structure, agreements, and dispute settlement
  • 2:00 - 5:30
  • (Break)
  • Tariffs
  • Ordinary/special, bound rates, applied rates, ODCs, fees, TRQs, classification
  • 5:30 - 7:30
  • Reception

Tuesday

  • 8:00 - 9:00
  • Breakfast
  • QRs
  • Quantitative restrictions, including quotas, prohibitions and import regulations
  • 9:00 - 1:00
  • (Break)
  • Internal Measures
  • Internal taxes and regulations; national treatment, discrimination and like products
  • 1:00 - 2:00
  • Lunch
  • MFN
  • MFN treatment, discrimination and like products; FTA/CU and GSP exceptions
  • 2:00 - 5:30
  • (Break)
  • General Exceptions
  • GATT Article XX chapeau and paragraphs

Wednesday

  • 8:00 - 9:00
  • Breakfast
  • General Exceptions
  • GATT Article XX chapeau and paragraphs
  • 9:00 - 1:00
  • (Break)
  • SPS
  • Sanitary and phytosanitary measures
  • 1:00 - 2:00
  • Lunch
  • TBT
  • Technical barriers to trade
  • 2:00 - 5:30
  • (Break)
  • NatSec,TFA,Valuation
  • National security exception; trade (customs) facilitation and customs valuation

Thursday

  • 8:00 - 8:45
  • Breakfast
  • ADDs
  • Dumping and antidumping duties
  • 9:00 - 1:00
  • (Break)
  • CVDs & Subsidies
  • Subsidies and countervailing duties
  • 1:00 - 2:00
  • Lunch
  • Safeguards
  • Surges and safeguard measures
  • 2:00 - 5:30
  • (Break)
  • BATs
  • Border adjustment taxes
  • 5:30 - 7:30
  • Reception

Friday

  • 8:00 - 9:00
  • Breakfast
  • Services
  • General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
  • 9:00 - 1:00
  • (Break)
  • TRIPs
  • Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights
  • 1:00 - 2:00
  • Lunch
  • TRIMS+GPA
  • Trade-Related Investment Measures (WTO, FTA/BIT), Government Procurement
  • 2:00 - 5:30
  • (Break)
  • Developing Countries
  • Developing country provisions and programs, Closing

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REFUND POLICY: For the June 3-7, 2024 course: A registrant who cancels their registration will be refunded only the percentage of their registration fee stated below. For a cancelation:

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June 1, 2024

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Refund policy

REFUND POLICY: For the June 3-7, 2024 course: A registrant who cancels their registration will be refunded only the percentage of their registration fee stated below. For a cancelation:

Prior To:

Prior To:

Prior To:

On or After:

April 1, 2024

May 1, 2024

June 1, 2024

June 1, 2024

100% refund

95% refund

50% refund

no refund

I have read and understand the refund policy stated above, and I understand that the Geneva Trade Institute will not be able to make exceptions to this policy.