Preferential Trade Agreements and Cultural Products

This book discusses the treatment of cultural products within international trade law, focusing on preferential trade agreements. It will be of interest to researchers in the fields of cultural products, trade agreements, digital technology, trade law, and cultural diversity.

Autorentext

Gilbert Gagné is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop's University, Canada. He holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in political science from the University of Ottawa and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford. His research interests mainly pertain to North American economic integration, subsidies and trade dispute settlement, the protection of foreign investment and investor-state arbitration, and the treatment of cultural products in preferential trade agreements. Much of his research is at the intersection of international trade agreements and states' regulatory autonomy, with a particular focus on cultural policies.

Inhalt

List of tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1. The Trade and Culture Debate

2. Cultural Products and Trade Negotiations

3. The United States

4. Canada

5. Europe

6. Oceania

7. Asia

8. Latin America

9. Central America

10. PTAs, the CDCE, and International Law

11. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index