LEADER 03423nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910817637303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-43053-6 010 $a9786611430535 010 $a0-226-75628-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226756288 035 $a(CKB)111004366539016 035 $a(EBL)413457 035 $a(OCoLC)476237616 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156898 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11163151 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156898 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10131390 035 $a(PQKB)10283604 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413457 035 $a(DE-B1597)535769 035 $a(OCoLC)824145585 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226756288 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413457 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10230058 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL143053 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366539016 100 $a19961119d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForeign investment in American telecommunications /$fJ. Gregory Sidak 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (462 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-75626-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [407]-423) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbout the Author --$t1. Beyond America's Borders --$t2. The Legislative History --$t3. The Statute --$t4. Ownership and Control --$t5. Foreign Direct Investment in the United States --$t6. Trade Policy --$t7. Free Speech --$t8. The 1997 World Trade Organization Agreement-and Beyond --$tAppendix. Selected WTO Documents Concerning Trade in Telecommunications Services --$tBibliography --$tCase and Regulatory Proceeding Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aRestrictions 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originally intended to protect America from the perils of wireless telegraphy by foreign agents, should be repealed.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. 606 $aTelecommunication$zUnited States 606 $aTelecommunication$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$zUnited States 615 0$aTelecommunication 615 0$aTelecommunication$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign 676 $a384/.041 700 $aSidak$b J. Gregory$01595895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817637303321 996 $aForeign investment in American telecommunications$93917005 997 $aUNINA