The WTO, the Internet and trade in digital products : EC-US perspectives

Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Contents -- Table of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Dislcaimer -- List of Acronyms -- Table of Legislation -- Introduction -- Part One: The WTO Negotiation Context -- 1. The WTO's Work Relating to Digitally-Delivered Content Products -- 1.1 WTO WORK PROGRAMME ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE -- 1.2 DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA -- 1.3 CONCLUSION -- Part Two: Requirements for Free Trade in Digitally-Delivered Content Products -- 2. Unresolved Horizontal WTO E-Commerce Questions -- 2.1 THE WTO DUTY-FREE MORATORIUM ON ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSIONS -- 2.2 THE CUSTOMS VALUATION OF DIGITAL CONTENT -- 2.3 UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS OF CLASSIFICATION -- 3. Essential Improvements of WTO Trade Commitments -- 3.1 GOODS: NAMA NEGOTIATIONS AND THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT -- 3.2 SERVICES: THE GATS NEGOTIATIONS -- CONCLUSION TO PART TWO -- Part Three: Internal US and EC Negotiation Parameters -- 4. US Negotiation Parameters: Internal Measures and Trade Jurisdiction -- 4.1 INTERNAL DIMENSION: US FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND LAISSEZ-FAIRE APPROACH -- 4.2 EXTERNAL DIMENSION: THE US TRADE POLICY JURISDICTION RELATING TO DIGITAL CONTENT -- 4.3 CONCLUSION -- 5. EC Negotiation Parameters: Internal Measures and Trade Jurisdiction -- 5.1 INTERNAL DIMENSION: EXPANDING AUDIOVISUAL AND INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICIES -- 5.2 EXTERNAL DIMENSION: THE EC'S COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY POWERS RELATING TO DIGITAL CONTENT -- 5.3 CONCLUSION -- Part Four: Outcomes of the Doha Round and US-Driven Preferential Trade Negotiations -- 6. Digital Trade Achievements of the Doha Development Agenda: Slow or Absent Progress -- 6.1 UNRESOLVED HORIZONTAL E-COMMERCE QUESTIONS: NO SOLUTIONS FORTHCOMING IN THE DOHA NEGOTIATIONS -- 6.2 ESSENTIAL MARKET ACCESS: SLOW PROGRESS OF THE WTO'S DOHA NEGOTIATIONS.