session 8. the law of the wto (2).

After having gotten the basic idea of the institutional set-up of the WTO and its functions, session 8 will go into the substance of the WTO law. We will firstly look at the underlying principles of non-discrimination (most-favoured-nation treatment and national treatment obligations) and how they are regulated under the GATT (for goods) and the GATS (for services) respectively. We will then focus on those rules of the WTO that are most relevant to telecom and media products and services or were specifically designed to address them.

Reading materials
Roy, Audiovisual Services in the Doha Round

Optional: 
Van den Bossche, The Law and Policy of the WTO, Chapter 4
(this is an abridged version of the chapter; while it is still too long, it could serve well as a reference text in case more clarification is needed on the non-discrimination principles under GATT and GATS).

session 7. wto law (2).

After having gotten the basic idea of the institutional set-up of the WTO and its functions, session 7 will go into the substance of the WTO law. We will firstly look at the underlying principles of non-discrimination (most-favoured-nation treatment and national treatment obligations) and how they are regulated under the GATT (for goods) and the GATS (for services) respectively. We will then focus on those rules of the WTO that are most relevant to telecom and media products and services or were specifically designed to address them.

Reading materials
Roy, Audiovisual Services on the Doha Round

Optional: Van den Bossche, The Law and Policy of the WTO, Chapter 4
(this is an abridged version of the chapter; while it is still too long, it could serve well as a reference text in case more clarification is needed on the non-discrimination principles under GATT and GATS)

Here are the slides of session 7.

session 7. wto law (2)

After having gotten the basic idea of the institutional set-up of the WTO and its functions, session 7 will go into the substance of the WTO law. We will firstly look at the underlying principles of non-discrimination (most-favoured-nation treatment and national treatment obligations) and how they are regulated under the GATT (for goods) and the GATS (for services) respectively. We will then focus on those rules of the WTO that are most relevant to telecom and media products and services or were specifically designed to address them.

Reading materials
Roy, Audiovisual Services on the Doha Round

Optional: Van den Bossche, The Law and Policy of the WTO, Chapter 4
(this is an abridged version of the chapter; while it is still too long, it could serve well as a reference text in case more clarification is needed on the non-discrimination principles under GATT and GATS)

Here are the slides of session 7.