03423nam 2200649 a 450 991081763730332120200520144314.01-281-43053-697866114305350-226-75628-910.7208/9780226756288(CKB)111004366539016(EBL)413457(OCoLC)476237616(SSID)ssj0000156898(PQKBManifestationID)11163151(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156898(PQKBWorkID)10131390(PQKB)10283604(MiAaPQ)EBC413457(DE-B1597)535769(OCoLC)824145585(DE-B1597)9780226756288(Au-PeEL)EBL413457(CaPaEBR)ebr10230058(CaONFJC)MIL143053(EXLCZ)9911100436653901619961119d1997 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrForeign investment in American telecommunications /J. Gregory Sidak1st ed.Chicago University of Chicago Press19971 online resource (462 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-75626-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-423) and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --About the Author --1. Beyond America's Borders --2. The Legislative History --3. The Statute --4. Ownership and Control --5. Foreign Direct Investment in the United States --6. Trade Policy --7. Free Speech --8. The 1997 World Trade Organization Agreement-and Beyond --Appendix. Selected WTO Documents Concerning Trade in Telecommunications Services --Bibliography --Case and Regulatory Proceeding Index --Subject IndexRestrictions on foreign investment in U.S. telecommunications firms have harmed the interests of American consumers and investors, argues J. Gregory Sidak in this convincing study. Sidak shows why these restrictions, originally intended to protect America from the perils of wireless telegraphy by foreign agents, should be repealed. Basing his analysis on legislative history, statutory and constitutional interpretation, and finance and trade theory, Sidak shows that these restrictions no longer serve their national security purpose (if they ever did). Instead they deny American consumers lower prices and more robust innovation, hamper access of American investors to foreign telecommunications markets, and unconstitutionally impinge on freedom of speech. Sidak's study encompasses the Telecommunications Act of 1996, recent global mergers such as British Telecom-MCI, and the 1997 World Trade Organization agreement to liberalize trade in telecommunications services.TelecommunicationUnited StatesTelecommunicationLaw and legislationUnited StatesInvestments, ForeignUnited StatesTelecommunicationTelecommunicationLaw and legislationInvestments, Foreign384/.041Sidak J. Gregory1595895MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817637303321Foreign investment in American telecommunications3917005UNINA