International Trade Law

Introduction

No matter how skilled practitioner, manager or supervisor you may be, the ability to understand complex and nuanced trade negotiations and international legal agreements is the one attribute that will help to differentiate you from others in your role. Equally importantly learning how to be a better bilateral trade and legal expert will enable you to progress in your career, while permitting your organisation to gain the maximum benefit from your skills within its core business sectors.

But, being able to make effective regulatory decisions isn’t just about choosing a ‘Yes’ or a ‘No’ based on the information in front of you. Much more than that, it’s about being able to find a compromise, often between complex and conflicting parameters. This International Trade Law training course is tailor-made for practitioners, administrators and professionals, and will help you to understand how successfully to negotiate and agree international legal agreements in some of the world’s most challenging trade environments.

This GLOMACS International Trade Law training course will highlight:

• Export law and Practice
• Carriage of goods by sea
• International trade taxation and the legal frameworks governing relationships between states
• Bilateral investment and free trade treaties
• The workings of the Vienna Convention and the WTO (World Trade Organisation) law and legislation
• The operation of international trade regulations
• Dispute resolution between international parties

Objectives

By end of this International Trade Law training course, participants will be able to,

• Devise and implement a fully-featured sector specific international trade strategy
• Understand the economic drivers affecting international trade negotiations
• Use a portfolio of legal tools to deliver a desired trade outcome
• Be familiar with how trade law and international regulations work
• Gain a competitive edge in the fast-evolving international trade market

Training Methodology

Participants will be involved in a highly interactive learning environment, learning how to identify the tips and tricks that professional lawyers and negotiators use to maximise negotiating leverage and delivery of results in this highly competitive marketplace.

Training course methodology will include handouts, flip charts, questions and participation from participants, as well as the course tutor posing a series of scenarios and both real-world & theoretical examples.

Organisational Impact

Through this International Trade Law training course, organizations will receive the following:

• An understanding of how to devise a sector-specific international trade strategy
• An ability to implement their strategy to ensure success
• A greater insight into the legal and economic workings of their specific sector
• How to explain and justify your legal strategy and decisions relating to international trade
• An appreciation of the functions of a legal officer, manager and director within the industry
• A trade negotiation template that can be used to leverage a competitive edge

Personal Impact

Participants attending this training course will gain:

• An enhanced knowledge of international legal theory, with direct relevance to their trading sector
• An appreciation of the economic issues affecting international trade
• Practical understanding of how to apply their legal knowledge to their everyday work environment
• Which legal frameworks provide the best returns in their specific  sector
• How to integrate legal drafting and trade negotiations to guarantee a beneficial outcome
• How to mitigate any negative legal impacts