Regional Trading Blocs and Multilateral Institutions

This week’s topics

Regional Trading Blocs and Multilateral Institutions

1. Single market economics and European Union directives
2. WTO, OECD, and UNCTAD harmonisation frameworks
3. Regulatory convergence versus jurisdictional friction
4. Global value chain reconfiguration
5. UNCTAD webinar Global value chains in transition
6. Launch: revised G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance & Corporate Governance Factbook 2023
7. Institutions of the European Union | EU Law Full Lecture

What you will be able to do

• 1.2 Evaluate the role of trading blocs such as the EU on organisations with global presence.
• 1.3 Explain the roles and responsibilities of international organisations for harmonising business practice globally.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the role of trading blocs such as the EU on organisations with global presence.

Study materials

Videos

• UNCTAD webinar Global value chains in transition · YouTube · UN Trade and Development · 96 min · for registered students
• Launch: revised G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance & Corporate Governance Factbook 2023 · YouTube · OECD Business and Finance · 123 min · for registered students
• Institutions of the European Union | EU Law Full Lecture · YouTube · The Business Academy · 40 min · for registered students
• Corporate Governance and due diligence in the EU: a step in the right direction? · YouTube · CFA Institute · 25 min · for registered students

Further resources

• G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2023 · PDF · Oecd, framework; 53 pages · for registered students
• The Cost of Non-Europe, Revisited · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
• The ABC of EU law (2023 edition), ch.: The legal order of the European Union · Reading · Eu, textbook chapter; pp. 89–132 · for registered students