SIGNE DALSGAARD UPNG
Weekly overview
To be able to follow along in the lectures, please make sure you read ahead on the required readings.
Listed below is the content for each lecture, tutorial questions for you to consider and the required reading.
The additional resources are supplementary and meant as a support for you, during this semester.
Week 1:
Introduction to ITL - why free trade?
Lecture 1: Introduction to Class, materials, requirements, and objectives
Lecture 2: Overview of economic and philosophical principles underlying trade and investment
Lecture 3: Regional Trading Blocks
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REQUIRED READING: IBL&P pp 198 -219; CARR: introduction: xciii - xcvi
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Additional Resources:
VIDEO: International Trade Explained
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Week 2:
History of ITL
Lecture 1: WTO & GATT
Lecture 2: WTO Agreements
Lecture 3:: UNCTAD, World Bank, IMF, ADB
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REQUIRED READING: IBL&P pp 234 - 285
Supplementary reading: Handbook pp 3 - 12
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Additional Resources:
VIDEO: WTO (and GATT) Explained
Week 3: Standard Trade Terms
Lecture 1: CIF Contracts
Lecture 2: FOB Contracts
Lecture 3:: The Vienna Convention (CISG)
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REQUIRED READING: CARR pp 5 - 91
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Week 4: Electronic Commerce
Lecture 1: Legal Issues and harmonisation
Lecture 2: The electronic transiaction and security issues
Lecture 3: Cybercrime & Trade
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REQUIRED READING: CARR pp 125 - 156
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PODCAST: Diary of a CEO interview with Brian Chesky, founder of Air bnb
UN Commission on International Trade Law - e-commerce
Week 5: Transportation of Cargo - Sea
Lecture 1: Transportation of goods by sea
Lecture 2: Bills of Lading
Lecture 3: Hague & Hague-Visby Rules, Hamburg Rules & Rotterdam Rules
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REQUIRED READING: CARR pp 161 - 329
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Week 6: Transportation of Cargo: Air, rail & road
Lecture 1: The Warsaw system + Consignor's & Consignee's responsibilities & Rights
Lecture 2: Carriage of goods by road
Lecture 3: International multimodel transport
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REQUIRED READING: CARR 331 - 360 and 377 - 425
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Week 7
CONSOLIDATION WEEK
Week 8:
Financing and Insurance
Lecture 1: Marine Insurance
Lecture 2: Letters of Credit
Lecture 3: Guarantees and other means of minimising risk
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REQUIRED READING: Handbook pp 293 - 317
Supplementary reading: CARR 431 - 511
Week 9: Jurisdiction
Lecture 1: Civil Jurisdiction
Lecture 2: Choice of Law
Lecture 3: Dispute Resolution
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REQUIRED READING: CARR pp 517 - 605
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Week 10: Dispute Resolution
Lecture 1: Foreign Judgements
Lecture 2: Arbitration
Lecture 3: Mediation
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REQUIRED READING: CARR 607 - 667
Week 11: Fighting Corruption
Lecture 1: OECD Conventions
Lecture 2: UN Conventions
Lecture 3: Business code of Conduct
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REQUIRED READING: CARR 673 - 696
Week 12: Pacific and PNG profile
Lecture 1: Pacific Trade Agreements
Lecture 2: Pacific Trade and Gender
Lecture 3: Papua New Guinea
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REQUIRED READING: ADB "Pacific Trade Issues" + PNG Trade Policy Framework + UNCTAD "International trade, transparency and gender equality" + ESCAP 2022 + FAQ PICTA
Week 13
REVIEW