Master 2024/2025

Subsidies and State Aid in International Trade Law

Type: Elective course (Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution)

Area of studies: Law

Delivered by: School of International Law

Where: Faculty of Law

When: 1 year, 4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Vladimir Talanov

Master’s programme: Law of International Trade and Dispute Resolution

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course aims at developing comprehensive understanding of international rules on subsidies and state support in light of the developing jurisprudence of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body. The course examines the key provisions of the GATT, the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures and the Agreement on Agriculture, and covers a number of conceptual problems that have arisen in the application of these agreements in their interplay. Particular attention is paid to the regional rules on subsidies and state support instruments of the Eurasian Economic Union. The course also discusses the future developments of the global and regional rules on subsidies and the possible regulatory changes. Following the successful completion of the course, students are expected to acquire the understanding of the relevant legal provisions and the case law and develop the capacities to apply those in resolving practical cases in the field of state support instruments and subsidies. The course requires the students to have basic knowledge of international law and WTO law, sufficient level of English (to read legal sources, write essays and participate in class discussions), as well as other skills acquired during their studies at the university. Additional background in administrative law, private international law is welcome, although not mandatory for the course.