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The WTO and global convergence in telecommunications and audio-visual services / edited by Damien Geradin and David Luff.
2004
C 383 GER.W
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Title
The WTO and global convergence in telecommunications and audio-visual services / edited by Damien Geradin and David Luff.
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xiv, 453 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN
0521836115
9780511675133 electronic book
0511675135 electronic book
9780511674471 electronic book
0511674473 electronic book
9780521836111 hardbound
9780511675133 electronic book
0511675135 electronic book
9780511674471 electronic book
0511674473 electronic book
9780521836111 hardbound
Alternate Call Number
C 383 GER.W
Summary
This edited collection consolidates research on the current and future perspectives of international trade law applicable to telecommunications services and audiovisual services in a context of convergence. It is divided into three main parts. The first part analyses the current regulatory framework applicable to telecommunications services in the context of the WTO, including the controversial issues of accounting rates and international competition rules. The second part discusses and analyses the current regulatory framework applicable to audiovisual services. The third part analyses convergence from different angles, including an explanation of convergence in technical terms, as well as reviewing the legal and economic consequences of convergence for trade in telecommunications and audiovisual services. This research lead the editors to summarize the findings made in the chapters and to draw a tentative set of issues to be discussed in the context of the Doha Round of negotiations.
Note
Includes papers presented at an international conference entitled "Telecommunications and Audio-visual Services in the Context of the WTO: Today and Tomorrow", held in Geneva in November 2001.
Consists of papers presented at the International Conference entitled "Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services in the Context of the WTO: Today and Tomorrow", held in Geneva in November 2001.
Publ. à partir des rapports et travaux d'un congrès international : "Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services in the Context of the WTO : Today and Tomorrow" organisé à Genève en novembre 2001.
Relazioni presentate al Congresso internazionale 'Telecommunications and audio-visual services in the context of the WTO: today and tomorrow', tenutosi a Ginevra nel novembre 2001.
Incluye trabajos presentados en una conferencia internacional titulada "Telecommunications and Audio-visual Services in the Context of the WTO: Today and Tomorrow", realizada en Ginebra, Noviembre 2001.
Consists of papers presented at the International Conference entitled "Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services in the Context of the WTO: Today and Tomorrow", held in Geneva in November 2001.
Publ. à partir des rapports et travaux d'un congrès international : "Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services in the Context of the WTO : Today and Tomorrow" organisé à Genève en novembre 2001.
Relazioni presentate al Congresso internazionale 'Telecommunications and audio-visual services in the context of the WTO: today and tomorrow', tenutosi a Ginevra nel novembre 2001.
Incluye trabajos presentados en una conferencia internacional titulada "Telecommunications and Audio-visual Services in the Context of the WTO: Today and Tomorrow", realizada en Ginebra, Noviembre 2001.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Introduction; 2. Telecommunications and audio-visual services in the context of the WTO: today and tomorrow; 3. Current international trade rules relevant to telecommunications services; 4. Accounting rates, cross-border services and the next WTO round on basic telecommunications services; 5. Reforming international accounting rates: a developing country perspective; 6. Levelling the playing field: is the WTO adequately equipped to prevent anti-competitive practices in telecommunications? 7. Audio-visual policy: the stumbling block of trade liberalisation; 8. Content regulation in the audio-visual sector and the WTO; 9. International regulation of audio-visual services: networks, allocation of scarce resources and terminal equipment; 10. Lack of clear regulatory framework on safeguards, government procurement and subsidies; 11. Convergence: a reality check; 12. Whither convergence: legal, regulatory and trade opportunism in telecommunications; 13. Audio-visual and telecommunications services: a review of definitions under WTO law; 14. Dealing with convergence at the international level; 15. Overcoming the three digital divides.
Source of Description
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015). - Includes papers presented at an international conference entitled "Telecommunications and Audio-visual Services in the Context of the WTO: Today and Tomorrow", held in Geneva in November 2001.
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Language
English
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