The New World Trade Organization Agreements: Globalizing Law Through Services and Intellectual Property

Pirmais vāks
Cambridge University Press, 2000. gada 3. aug. - 340 lappuses
This insightful book assesses the impact of the WTO through the medium of two new multilateral agreements - the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs). It explains how these agreements push trade policies 'behind the border', mediating conflicts between contrasting legalities and negotiating political and cultural, as well as economic, issues. Detailed case studies address topics of global significance: competition between different types of legal services, ownership claims to the genetic codes of plants and animals, and access to the content resources and technical facilities of the on-line media. With the Millennium Trade Round in the balance, the book assesses the WTO's potential to move beyond laissez-faire and provide support for independent and alternative producers, providers and users.

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Trade Law as a Global Mediator
3
A Global Context
16
The World Trade Organization
40
The General Agreement on Trade in Services
95
vii
171
The Agreement on TradeRelated Intellectual Property Rights
177
The Case of Genetic Codes
214
The Case of Communications Media
253
Conclusions and Prospects
304
Notes
312
Index
337
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