Much ado about culture
Subtitle: North American trade disputes
By: Keith Acheson and Christopher Maule.
Contributors: Maule, Christopher J., 1934-
Series: Studies in international economics; Studies in international economics (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Mass media -- Economic aspects -- United States; Mass media -- Economic aspects -- Canada; Commercial treaties -- North America
Description: "In Canada, the audiovisual industries are referred to as the cultural industries, whereas the United States calls them the entertainment industries. These language distinctions are accompanied by different domestic policies and political discourses. The United States has relatively open policies toward these activities, while Canada has adopted an inward-looking approach. Failure to integrate cultural industries into NAFTA and WTO has led to trade disputes between Canada and the United States over copyrights, violence in media, and splitrun magazines, indicating the need for a way to settle cultural trade disputes when culture is left out of many international policies."

"Much Ado about Culture explores the differing sets of policies - cultural nationalism versus the open option - and the resulting conflicts in the context of technological developments, as well as international agreements dealing with trade, investment, copyright, and labor movement." "Authored by experts on trade disputes in the cultural arena, this book will be essential reading for international economists, policymakers, and lawyers interested in the cultural industries."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-361) and index.