INTERNATIONAL TRADE

DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

Seminar 01
INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT

LLM. NGUYEN Cong Dinh

Overview
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• Why’s this module important? (target of the

subject)
• Teaching and class participation.
• Assessment
• Group project;
• Final writing exam.
• Core text The Law and Policy of the World Trade
Organization (Cambridge University Press);
• Principles of International Investment Law (Oxford
University Press).
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• International trade disputes and settlement of

international trade dispute;
• Under WTO system;
• Under other Trade agreement?
• International investment disputes (investor vs state
disputes) and dispute settlement;
• Under ICSID system;
• Other systems and methods.
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• Dispute settlement methods on international trade

and investment:
• Through mechanism agreed in international
agreements (WTO mechanism, CPTPP
mechanism, ICSID mechanism);
• Consultation;
• International arbitration;
• Diplomatic settlement.