Wunsch-Vincent on WTO, Internet, and Digital Products
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Sacha Wunsch-Vincent, an economist at the OECD”s Information,Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) Division and scholar at the Swiss National Science Foundation, has written a must-read on the WTO, the Internet and Digital Products. Here’s the abstract of the seminal book (forthcoming, Hart International Trade Law Series):
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.
More information about the author and the book is available here.
