This course will provide students with an opportunity to study select issues of international trade law in much more detail than can be covered in the typical introductory international trade law course. Increasingly, issues of contemporary legal significance are being decided by the WTO negotiations or the dispute settlement body that not only have a effect on the international trading system, but also effect civil society more broadly; examples include the contentious discussions on agricultural subsidies, the agreement providing subsidised medicines to developing countries, obligations of a member when it losses in a dispute settlement panel and the evolving role of the dispute settlement body in the WTO, to mention only a few. Since international trade is increasingly becoming more important to practitioners (as evidenced by the Australia United States Free Trade Agreement) and non-governmental organisations, this course is suitable for local and international postgraduate students.