INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW SY 2015-2016 (for Friday class)

COURSE GUIDELINE
Course Materials
Course objective
Method of Instruction

Evaluation

Policy on Plagiarism

Attendance

International Trade Law materials, Free Trade Agreements,Regional Trade Agreements

Multilateral Trade Agreements
Develop a broad understanding of the law and policy related with international trade
To produce high quality student papers on specialized topics.
Lecture, class discussion, recitation and submission of pocket research papers
Failure to submit pocket research paper is equivalent to the grade of 68 on Midterm grade
Failure to submit final research paper on the final examination is equivalent to 68 on the
Final grade
- Midterm Exam + Student Pocket Research Papers = Midterm Grade 30%
- Recitation + Attendance = Class Standing 30%
- Final Written Exam + Final Research Paper = Final Exam 40%
MIDTERM GRADE + CLASS STANDING +FINAL GRADE = FINAL GRADE
- Plagiarism means the taking and using another persons thoughts, ideas or writings and
passing them off as ones own. The instructor considers the act of plagiarising to be an
academic transgression, which include: Unauthorized use or close imitation of the work of
another person, including a fellow student by adapting or incorporating it in the research
paper without due acknowledgement; Unauthorized use of a text by incorporating them in a
research paper without due acknowledgement; Collaborating with another student about a
research work and representing that as individual work; Intentionally making, fabricating,
falsifying or mis stating data which relied upon for the purposes of writing the research
paper; and Submitting same or alike research paper twice unless prior approval has been
obtained from the professors of both subjects.
Attendance is MANDATORY during the Lecture and submission of the pocket research paper.
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LECTURE COURSE OUTLINE

No.

Topic

Introduction to International Trade Law

International Trade Relations - WTO and ASEAN & Philippine institutions dealing with trade

Philippine Free Trade Agreements

Tariff Classification & Tariff adjustments under Section 401 and 402 of TCCP

Concept of Custom Valuation

WTO Rules of Origin

General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

Trade Remedies Safeguards, Anti Dumping & Subsidy and Countervailing

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)

10

Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)

11

Dispute Settlement under WTO and ASEAN

FINAL RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE

General Topic

:
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Product Exportation/ Importation- Country Specific

The General Topic mentioned above should serve as a guide in choosing your
formal topic.

Size 12, Arial

Single
Justified
11x8
15 pages minimum and 25 pages maximum
USB
Surname first then Given Name last (example - Pascual, Pauline)

Introduction/Abstract/Background
Issues/Problem/Highlights
Body/Analysis /Discussion/Comment
Conclusion
Recommendation, if applicable

Electronic copy must be sent to to be assigned

on or before the date of the final examination.

Format
Font
Space
Margin
Paper Size
Pages
Save File
Filename
Paper Layout
Content

Deadline

POCKET RESEARCH PAPER

NOTICE:
WARNING!!! Non-Submission of pocket research paper at the designated schedule is equivalent to failing
grade of 68 on Midterm!
Choose one topic per schedule. Minimum page is at least three (3) but not more than five (5) pages
Electronic copy of pocket research paper must be sent to .. to be assigned on or before the
schedule date.
Hard copy of your pocket research paper will be collected on the schedule date from 7:30p.m- 8:00p.m.
NO extension is allowed!
Sign the attendance sheet after submission of your pocket research paper. NO attendance NO pocket
research paper.
TOPIC:
October 9, 2015
1. Trade flow: Import versus Export
2. Product Classification &
Specialization
3. Measuring Trade Through Paper
4. How Globalization Affects
International Trade
5. Difficulty in enforcing Free Trade

November 6, 2014
1. Transfer Pricing
2. Financial Integration
3. Market Frictions
4. Globalization and World
Economy

October 23, 2015

1. Transport Costs
2. Exports & Logistics
3. Trade Conflicts
4. Export Subsidy and International
Market Structure

November 20, 2015

1. Firm Heterogeneity
2. Generalized System of
Preferences (GSP)
3. Trade Policy Instrument in
International Trade

December 4, 2015
1. Institutional Quality &Growth
2. Trade Facilitation
3. Trade Transfer Technology
4. Concept of Countertrade