This book attempts to reconcile the concept of free trade with a key non-trade social value - cultural diversity - in an era of economic globalisation. It first shows how we can look at culture in many different ways, and explains why we should care about cultural diversity. The book then examines the challenges that policymakers are faced with in formulating cultural measures in the new media environment, and analyses UNESCO's theories and approaches to cultural diversity.
This is followed by a comprehensive examination of the treatment of 'culture' in global and regional trade agreements, including the framework of the GATT/WTO system, the WTO's judicial practice involving cultural products, and the treatment of culture under the EC/EU and NAFTA. This identifies the challenges trade norms encounter in dealing with cultural products.
The author seeks to formulate a balanced view of the challenge of protecting and promoting cultural diversity while also recognising the important goal of trade liberalisation. To this end Professor Shi proposes a dual method through which the norms found in WTO agreements and in UNESCO cultural instruments may be brought into alignment: the first highlighting the compatibility of cultural policy measures with trade obligations on a domestic level, the second suggesting potential linkages between the WTO rules and the UNESCO Convention from the perspectives of treaty interpretation.
Marceau, Gabrielle: - "
Appointed as a lecturer in 2000, Gabrielle Marceau, PhD, became an associate professor in the Department of Public International Law and International Organization at the Faculty of Law at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in 2005. She teaches World Trade Organization (WTO) law, supervises numerous master's theses and doctoral dissertations, and organizes conferences and research seminars. She also created a doctoral seminar.
She is also visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, Law Faculty - Hyman Soloway Chair, and at other institutions. Professor Marceau serves on several scientific councils promoting international economic law. She has been the president of the Society of International Economic Law, is a member of the board of directors of the Geneva Society for Law and Legislation, and is a Counsellor of the American Society of International Law. Professor Marceau is a specialist in dispute settlement and the legal relationships between international trade and non-commercial considerations (such as environment, human rights, labor, etc.), with more than 125 publications to her name.
Gabrielle Marceau has also worked at the World Trade Organization for over 30 years, serving as a legal adviser in international disputes, in the Cabinet of Director-General Pascal Lamy, and in the Economic Research and Statistics Division."
Ortino, Federico: - Federico Ortino is a Reader in International Economic Law at King's College London, UK.
Schefer, Krista Nadakavukaren: - Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer is Vice Director at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Switzerland.
Shaffer, Gregory: - Gregory Shaffer is the Scott K Ginsburg Professor of International Law at Georgetown University Law Center, USA.
Shi, Jingxia: - Jingxia Shi is a Professor of Law and Deputy Dean at the Law School, China University of International Business & Economics (UIBE). She also serves as the director of UIBE International Law Institute.
