2016
LUISS SUMMER SCHOOL ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE: LAW AND ECONOMICS COFINANCED 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, 4 July-15 July 2016
Applications by 15 May 2016
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.
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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 4 July to 15 July 2016 and includes 70 hours of class time divided into
two weekly sessions (6 hours per day, 5 days a 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.
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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:
Peter Balas, Deputy Director-General, Directorate General Trade, European Commission
Olivier De Laroussilhe, Head of Unit E3, Directorate General Trade, European Commission
Marco Felisati, Vice Director, Europe and Internationalization Department, CONFINDUSTRIA
Carlo Gamberale, Legal Affairs Division WTO
Vincenzo Lenucci, Chief of the International Affairs Office, CONFAGRICOLTURA (General
Confederation of the Italian Agriculture)
Rainer Geiger, Former Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
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Maria Beatrice Deli, Secretary General of the Italian Association for International Arbitration
(AIA)
Lelio Iapadre, Professor of International Economics, University of L’Aquila
Marco Marzano de Marinis, Executive Director World Farmers Organisation, WFO
Maria Pereyra, Legal Affairs Division, WTO
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
Giorgio Ferrante, SIMEST (Agency for the Development and Promotion of Italian Entreprises
Abroad)
Antonio Massoli Taddei, SACE (Italian Export Credit Agency)
Serio Balibrea, Director, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
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 15 May
2016.
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:
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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 2016, applicants are to complete the enrolment procedure by paying their
tuition
fee
into
LUISS
Bank
account:
Luiss Guido Carli – V.le Pola, 12 – 00198 Roma – codice ENTE 31449 – IBAN IT 17H 02008
05077 0004 0000 0917
and sending the receipt of the payment to [email protected].
Fees willbe 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 2016.
Contact us
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Potential participants can request information to the academic tutors of the Summer School:
Summer School Secretariat
Tel: +39 06 85225534
+39 06 85225579
+39 06 85225352
Email: [email protected]
With the patronage of:
TheEuropeanCommissionRepresentationinItaly
and
TheItalianMinistryofEconomicDevelopment
CONFINDUSTRIA(ConfederationoftheItalianManufacturingIndustries)
BarAssociationofRome(OrdinedegliAvvocatidiRoma)
SACE
Simest
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