LEADER 03915oam 22006974 450 001 9910826946803321 005 20071016111603.0 010 $a1-4725-6353-0 010 $a1-280-80105-0 010 $a9786610801053 010 $a1-84731-219-5 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472563538 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338379 035 $a(EBL)285443 035 $a(OCoLC)181845764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000275502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12078920 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10223184 035 $a(PQKB)11181100 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772692 035 $a(OCoLC)1162869372 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC285443 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL285443 035 $a(TxU-L)b15917563 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338379 100 $a20061214d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe WTO, the Internet and trade in digital products $eEC-US perspectives /$fSacha Wunsch-Vincent 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford [England] ;$aPortland, Oregon :$cHart Publishing,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in international trade law 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-573-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [265]-288) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Part One: The WTO Negotiation Context -- Part Two: Requirements for Free Trade in Digitally-Delivered Content Products -- Part Three: Internal US and EC Negotiation Parameters -- Part Four: Outcomes of the Doha Round and US-Driven Preferential Trade Negotiations -- Annex -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"The rapid development of the Internet has led to a growing potential for electronic trade in digital content like movies, music and software. As a result, there is a need for a global trade framework applicable to such digitally-delivered content products. Yet, digital trade is currently not explicitly recognised by the trade rules and obligations of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This study provides a complete analysis of the related challenges in the ongoing WTO Doha Negotiations to remedy this state of affairs. It elaborates on the required measures in the multilateral negotiations to achieve market access for digital content and examines the obstacles that lie on the path to reach consensus between the United States and the European Communities. Negotiation parameters analysed include the current US and EC regulatory approach to audiovisual and information society services and the evolution of their applicable trade policy jurisdiction. Finally, this examination takes stock of how the Doha Negotiations and parallel US-driven preferential trade agreement have so far contributed to securing free trade in digital content. As new technologies are an increasingly prominent source of trade dispute, this book is an assessment of how WTO Members can maintain the relevance of the multilateral trade framework in a changing technological and economic environment."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aStudies in International Trade Law 606 $aDigital media$xLaw and legislation 606 $aDigital media 606 $aElectronic commerce$xGovernment policy 606 $aForeign trade regulation 606 $2International economic & trade law 615 0$aDigital media$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aDigital media. 615 0$aElectronic commerce$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aForeign trade regulation. 676 $a341.754 700 $aWunsch-Vincent$b Sacha$0596782 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826946803321 996 $aThe WTO, the Internet and trade in digital products$94069597 997 $aUNINA