Regional Free Trade Agreements (LAW-950-001)
Gantz
Meets: 04:30 PM - 05:50 PM (MW) - Room 500
Enrolled: 20 / Limit: 22
Notices
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Description
This course will analyze in detail the legal structures of regional trade agreements (RTAs), including but not limited to NAFTA. It will review GATT Article XXIV and the economic and policy debate over the spread of RTAs and global vs. regional trade arrangements; discuss key aspects of NAFTA, including tariff elimination, rules of origin, intellectual property, services, the environment and settlement of investment and other disputes, often on a comparative basis with more recent U.S. FTAs. It will also analyze legal and policy issues relating to the Central American – Dominican Republic – United States FTA, the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR), the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and a number of other RTAs. At least one Amock@ investment arbitration exercise is contemplated. Attention will be given to the long-standing dispute between Mexico and the United States over cross-border trucking services.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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Folsom, Gordon & Gantz, NAFTA AND FREE TRADE IN THE AMERICAS (2nd., West, 2005) with documentary supplement; additional documents provided by instructor for ASEAN and the SACU.
First Class Readings
For our first week of classes on August 24 and 26, please read the materials under part I of the syllabus, "Globalism v. Regionalism in Economics, Policy and Law." The reading materials for unit I are available in your copy center. The reading materials are also available on Blackboard. We won't be using the Folsom, Gordon & Gantz textbook until the second week, so you still have time to order a copy, new or used, from one of the usual on line sources. "If you have any questions before class begins, please feel free to contact me at my Arizona email address, gantz@law.arizona.edu
Syllabus
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