Cultural Products and the World Trade Organization

Name: Cultural Products and the World Trade Organization
Price: 123.2 USD
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ISBN: 9780521873277

ISBN-10: 0521873274

ISBN-13: 9780521873277

Edition: 2007

Authors: Tania Voon

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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 organisation. After assessing the economic and social arguments for treating cultural products differently from things like steel or wheat, this 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, a new agreement outside the WTO, or reforms to improve the balance between trade liberalisation and…

Book details

List price: $127.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/28/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Detailed chapter outline


Table of GATT/WTO agreements


Table of GATT/WTO cases


Table of abbreviations


GATT/WTO agreements


GATT/WTO cases


Other abbreviations


Foreword


Acknowledgements



Stalemate and its ideological origins



Trade and culture



A case study of cultural products: protectionism vs cultural policy



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



Options for the future



Resolution through dispute settlement and international law



Constructing a new agreement outside the WTO



Improving the existing WTO agreements



Conclusion


Bibliography


Non-WTO agreements, cases, statutes, and treaties


Other official documents and reports


Articles, books, chapters, and papers


Index