Cultural products and the World Trade Organization / Tania Voon.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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

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

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.

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