2017 LUISS SUMMER SCHOOL ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE: LAW AND ECONOMICS CO- FINANCED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION JEAN MONNET MODULE 2014 With the patronage of: The European Commission Representation in Italy and The Italian Ministry of Economic Development CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries ) Bar Association of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma) SACE Simest Rome, 3 July-14 July 2017 Applications by 10 May 2017 The Luiss Summer School aims at providing professionals, government officials, international civil servants, financial consultants, scholars and students with a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the legal and economic implications of the most relevant and up-to-date issues of international trade, both through high-level lectures and professionalizing training. The Summer School combines high-level lectures and professionalizing training given by worldclass professors, WTO and EU officers, public administration managers and experts from the private sector operating in the international markets. 1
This intensive summer course is organised with the patronage of The European Commission Representation in Italy, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries), Bar Association of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma), SACE and Simest. Program The course will run from 3 July to 14 July 2017 and includes 55 hours of class time divided into two weekly sessions (5 hours per day, 5 days a week), including a Round-table discussion at the end of the first week. All lectures will be given in English. Each weekly session will be taught by leading scholars and practitioners in the field, such as WTO professionals, EU Commission officers, professionals belonging to other international organizations as well as public and private institutions active in international trade. Attendance at classes is compulsory. Each day of the course, organized in units on a specific topic, will encompass lectures, seminars and case studies concerning the following thematic areas: 1) The Multilateral Trade System. WTO Agreements: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services (audiovisual, banking services, etc.), Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The participation of the EU as a strategic actor to international trade system: some criticalities. The cluster also covers trade remedies, counterfeiting, and dispute settlement mechanisms. 2) International trade and economic theory: economic analysis of trade in goods, international payments and VAT on international exchanges, effects and results of trade liberalization, benefits and effects of the international economic integration; the economic rationale behind the contingency protection measures. 3) European commercial policy post Lisbon (competences and instruments). Modernisation of the EU Trade Defense Instruments. EU preferential trade agreements; EU and its member states participation in the WTO: the distribution of competences; the EU Customs Code. The EU internal market: EU competition policy; subsidies; capital movement. Bilateral cooperation in the field of competition policy: the agreements with the US, Japan and India. The new Free Trade Agreements on goods and services concluded with ACP countries. The European protection of intellectual property. 4) Foreign Direct Investments. The new EU exclusive competence on foreign direct investments. The Draft Regulation establishing a transitional regime for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries. The evolving international law on foreign investments: BITs, multilateral rules, judicial practice. Internal mechanism and bodies for the internationalization of enterprises including export assurance system and financial services: ICE, SACE, SIMEST. International commercial contracts: negotiations and drafting; different typologies of contracts (agency/licensing/selling/joint venture); introduction to the related legal framework. International commercial arbitration. The participation can be limited to one weekly session. A draft Program will be available in the following weeks on the website. 2
Participants: The school is open to post-graduates and students in Law, International Relations, Political Science, European Studies, Economics and Statistics who are keen to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the most up-to-date issues of international trade. Course Director and Scientific Board: Elena Sciso (Professor of International Economic Law, Luiss Guido Carli) Members of the Scientific Board: Giorgio Bernini, Professor Emeritus of Commercial Law and Arbitration Law, University of Bologna; Honorary President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Paolo De Caterini, Professor of European Law, LUISS University Marco Felisati, ViceDirector, Europe and Internationalization Department, CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries) Rainer Geiger, Former Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Paolo Guerrieri, Professor of European Economic Integration, University of Rome La Sapienza Merit E. Janow, Professor of International Economic Law and International Affairs at Columbia University; Co-Director of Columbia's APEC Study Center; former member of the WTO Appellate Body Vincenzo Lenucci, Chief of the International Affairs Office, CONFAGRICOLTURA (General Confederation of the Italian Agriculture) Giorgio Sacerdoti, Professor of International Law, University of Milan Luigi Bocconi ; former member of the WTO Appellate Body Elena Sciso, Professor of International Economic Law, LUISS University Amedeo Teti, Director General, General Direction for Trade Policy, Italian Ministry of Economic Development Faculty: Sergio Balibrea, Director Assemblies Division, Office of the Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Maria Beatrice Deli, Secretary General of the Italian Association for International Arbitration (AIA) Marco Felisati, Vice Director, Europe and Internationalization Department, CONFINDUSTRIA Giorgio Ferrante, SIMEST (Agency for the Development and Promotion of Italian Entreprises Abroad) Carlo Gamberale, Counsellor of the Appellate Body Secretariat of WTO Rainer Geiger, Former Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD 3
Lelio Iapadre, Professor of International Economics, University of L Aquila Vincenzo Lenucci, Chief of the International Affairs Office, CONFAGRICOLTURA (General Confederation of the Italian Agriculture) Marco Marzano de Marinis, Executive Director World Farmers Organisation, WFO Antonio Massoli Taddei, SACE (Italian Export Credit Agency) Maria Pereyra, Legal Affairs Division, WTO Mauro Petriccione, Deputy Director-General, Directorate General Trade, European Commission Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics Division WTO Andrea Primerano, Manager, Customs and International Trade, Ernst&Young Amedeo Teti, Director General, General Direction for Trade Policy, Italian Ministry of Economic Development The members of the Faculty may be liable to vary by eventual occured necessities of the lecturers, without modification of the program. Online application Admission is based on professional and academic achievement. A good knowledge of written and spoken English is also required. Early application is encouraged. Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis. The deadline for applying to the Summer School is 10 May 2017. Because of the interactive nature of the course, the number of participants is limited to 40. The course will be activated upon admission of at least 20 participants. Applications received after the deadline will be considered only if space remains. Applicants need to: Complete the online application form; Upload the detailed academic and professional CV; Upload the motivation letter, explaining the reasons for attending the Summer School. Logistic details: 4
The course will be held at the LUISS Guido Carli campus located at Viale Romania 32, 00199 Rome. During the courses, students will be provided with: Summer School teaching materials; full Internet access; access to the Library electronic sources. Participants will have access the university canteen and the in-house coffee shop. The organizing committee will be pleased to invite participants to a welcome reception and a farewell cocktail. A social and cultural program will be proposed to the students, in the evenings, on a voluntary basis, taking advantage of the cultural and musical events scheduled in Rome during the two weeks. For the period of the Summer School, the organizational staff has made provisional bookings at Hotel Delle Muse at the discounted rate of EUR 60.00 per night. This includes: single room with private bathroom breakfast Certificates and credits: Upon successful completion of the course participants will be issued a certificate of attendance. and Following a written examination, participants will be qualified for the accreditation of 8 ECTS points. The participation to the Program will also qualify for the accreditation of 24 formative credits by the Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma (Bar Association of Rome). Tuition fees: Tuition fees for the Summer School have been fixed at: 1.300 for the attendance of the Summer School only 1.950 as comprehensive of the two weeks accommodation at Hotel Delle Muse 650 for the attendance of one weekly session of the Summer School only By 10 June 2017, applicants are to complete the enrolment procedure by paying their tuition fee. Fees will be returned if the Summer School will not be activated failing the minimum number of registrations. Participants can request a full reimbursement of tuition fees if they cancel by 21 June 2017. Contact us 5
Potential participants can request information to the academic tutors of the Summer School: Summer School Secretariat Tel: +39 06 85225534 +39 06 85225447 +39 06 85225352 Email: lsst@luiss.it With the patronage of: The European Commission Representation in Italy and The Italian Ministry of Economic Development CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries) Bar Association of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma) SACE Simest 6