Damien Géradin / David Luff (eds.)

The WTO and Global Convergence in Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services

Herausgeber: Geradin, Damien

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays consolidates research on the current and future perspectives of international trade law, applicable to telecommunications services and audiovisual services in a context of convergence. The first part analyzes the current regulatory framework applicable to telecommunications services in the context of the WTO. The second part analyzes the current regulatory framework applicable to audiovisual services. Particular focus is on the impact of content regulation and network convergence on international trade rules.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 825g
• ISBN-13: 9780521836111
• ISBN-10: 0521836115
• Artikelnr.: 20967185

Autorenporträt

Professor of Law at the University of Liège and the College of Europe, Bruges.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction:
Damien Géradin and David Luff; Part II. International Regulation of
Telecommunications Services: 2. Telecommunications and audio-visual
services in the context of the WTO: today and tomorrow Kelly Cameron; 3.
Current international trade rules relevant to telecommunications services
David Luff; 4. Accounting rates, cross-border services, and the next WTO
round on basic telecommunications services Peter Cowhey; 5. Reforming
international accounting rates: a developing country perspective Boutheina
Guermazi; 6. A review of the mechanisms provided by the WTO to prevent
anticompetitive practices in telecommunications Damien Geradin and Michel
Kerf; Part III. International Regulation of Audiovisual Services: 7.
Audiovisual policy: the stumbling block of trade liberalisation
Christoph-Beat Graber; 8. Content regulation in the audiovisual sector and
the WTO Ivan Bernier; 9. International regulation of audiovisual services:
networks, allocation of scarce resources and terminal equipment David Luff;
10. Lack of clear regulatory framework on safeguards, government
procurement and subsidies Jean-François Bellis; Part IV. Towards
Convergence?: 11. Convergence: a reality check Milton L. Mueller; 13.
Whither convergence: legal, regulatory and trade opportunism in
telecommunications Robert Frieden; 14. Audiovisual and telecommunications
services - a review of definitions under WTO law Paul Nihoul; 15. Dealing
with convergence at the international level Pierre Larouche; 16. Overcoming
the three digital divides Eli Noam.