Cultural products and the World Trade Organization / Tania Voon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voon, Tania, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 54.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Popular culture--Economic aspects.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Cultural Products & the World Trade Organization

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Debate about trade and culture has a long history, but the application of WTO rules to cultural products such as films, radio, and books remains one of the most divisive issues in the organization. After assessing the economic and social arguments for treating cultural products differently from things like steel or wheat, this 2007 book explains how the vastly different views of WTO members in earlier negotiations led to an outcome that is disappointing for all. It goes on to provide a comprehensive evaluation of possible solutions, including evolution of the law through WTO dispute settlement, an agreement outside the WTO, and reforms to improve the balance between trade liberalization and cultural policy objectives.

Contents:

Trade and culture

A case study of cultural products: protectionism vs cultural policy

What's wrong with the current treatment of cultural products?

Resolution through dispute settlement and international law

Constructing a new agreement outside the WTO

Improving the existing WTO agreements

Conclusion.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511674501

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