Format:
1 online resource (344 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780521873277
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9780511671913
Series Statement:
Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series v.Series Number 54
Content:
Voon examines how WTO rules apply to 'cultural products', such as film, radio, music and books. Freer trade in these products has caused different reactions among Members. This 2007 book explains the situation and proposes reforms to better balance members' different objectives
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 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 -- PART I Stalemate and its ideological origins -- 1 Trade and culture -- 1.1 'Trade and ...' problems -- 1.2 Cultural implications of WTO rules -- 1.3 Cultural industries, cultural products, and cultural policy measures -- 1.3.1 Definitions -- 1.3.2 Common cultural policy measures -- 1.3.3 Significance in the WTO -- 1.3.4 Significance in other international contexts -- 1.4 Towards a solution -- 2 A case study of cultural products: protectionism vs cultural policy -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Legitimacy of State support for cultural products -- 2.2.1 The nature of cultural products -- 2.2.2 Promoting or preserving culture through cultural products -- 2.3 Justification for discriminatory cultural policy measures -- 2.3.1 The market for cultural products -- A. US dominance -- B. Positive externalities of cultural products -- 2.3.2 The need for discrimination -- A. Against foreign cultural products -- B. Between foreign cultural products -- 2.4 Evaluating cultural policy measures in the WTO -- 2.4.1 Motives for cultural policy measures -- 2.4.2 Effectiveness of cultural policy measures -- 2.4.3 Minimising trade restrictions -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 What's wrong with the current treatment of cultural products? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Cultural products as goods and services -- 3.2.1 Basic definitions and classifications -- 3.2.2 Digital products -- 3.3 Presumed 'likeness' of cultural products -- 3.3.1 Likeness under GATT 1994 -- A. Like products -- A. Directly competitive or substitutable products -- C. Aims-and-effects test -- 3.3.2 Like services and service suppliers under GATS
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3.4 Unbalanced and uncertain exceptions -- 3.4.1 Government-supplied services -- 3.4.2 Screen quotas -- 3.4.3 Subsidies -- A. GATT Articles III:8(b) and XVI and the SCM Agreement -- B. GATS Article XV -- 3.4.4 General exceptions (GATT Article XX, GATS Article XIV) -- A. Structure and chapeau -- B. National treasures -- C. Public morals and public order -- 3.5 The GATS outcome -- 3.5.1 Limited national treatment and market access commitments -- 3.5.2 Excessive MFN exemptions -- 3.6 Conclusion -- PART II Options for the future -- 4 Resolution through dispute settlement and international law -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The role of international law in interpreting WTO law -- 4.2.1 Relevant provisions -- A. Article 3.2 of the DSU -- B. Article 31 of the VCLT -- 4.2.2 Use of international law by the Appellate Body -- A. Significance of past Appellate Body Reports -- B. Ordinary meaning (VCLT Article 31(1)) -- (i) Relevance of international instruments -- (ii) Contemporaneous or evolutionary interpretation -- C. International law between the parties (VCLT Article 31(3)(c)) -- 4.3 Using international law to interpret WTO law on cultural products -- 4.3.1 National treasures -- 4.3.2 A human rights approach to cultural products -- 4.3.3 Public morals and public order -- 4.3.4 Screen quotas -- 4.3.5 Protecting human life or health -- 4.3.6 Securing compliance with other laws or regulations -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 Constructing a new agreement outside the WTO -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 National and non-governmental initiatives -- 5.2.1 Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade -- 5.2.2 International Network on Cultural Policy -- 5.2.3 International Network for Cultural Diversity -- 5.3 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions -- 5.3.1 Background
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5.3.2 Key features of the UNESCO Convention -- 5.3.3 Implications for the WTO -- A. WTO Members' views on the UNESCO Convention -- B. Conduct of UNESCO Convention parties in the WTO -- C. Complaints relating to the UNESCO Convention -- D. The UNESCO Convention as a defence to a WTO violation -- (i) Applying the UNESCO Convention in a WTO dispute -- (ii) Resolving conflicts between the UNESCO Convention and WTO law -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6 Improving the existing WTO agreements -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Improving treatment of cultural products under GATT 1994 -- 6.2.1 Screen quotas: remove or modify -- 6.2.2 A new general exception? -- 6.3 Improving treatment of cultural products under GATS -- 6.3.1 Digital cultural products as services -- 6.3.2 Mandated national treatment, market access, and MFN -- 6.3.3 Escape routes -- A. Discriminatory subsidies -- B. Developing country Members -- C. Screen quotas -- 6.4 Effecting changes -- 6.5 Other proposals -- 6.5.1 Anti-dumping measures against audiovisual services -- 6.5.2 Cultural diversity safeguards -- 6.5.3 Intellectual property rights and anti-competitive conduct -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Non-wto agreements, cases, statutes, and treaties -- Other official documents and reports -- Articles, books, chapters, and papers -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Voon, Tania Cultural Products and the World Trade Organization Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2007 ISBN 9780521873277
Language:
English
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