China joined the World Trade Organization (‘WTO’) in 2001 after almost 15 years of negotiations, making extensive commitments to open its markets to foreign investment and liberalise trade in goods and services. China represents a huge potential market for foreign telecommunications service...

Trade in services can take many forms (or ‘modes'), such as cross-border delivery, or delivery by a commercial presence in a foreign country. Unlike tariffs or quantitative restrictions on goods, which are imposed at the border, barriers to trade in services are more commonly found ‘behind...

The purported solution to international mobile roaming charges agreed by negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (‘TPP’) has been hailed as one of the key achievements of the Telecommunications Chapter, and the treaty more broadly, especially within Australia. Apparent market failure in...

This draft chapter compares the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) with the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement, reflecting on relevant developments in the Australia-United States relationship including with respect to agriculture and biologic medicines. The chapter focuses on...

The UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions, which recently entered into force, highlights the lingering tensions among WTO Members about trade and culture, most often reflected in disputes and debates concerning audiovisual products....