WTO - recolonization or reformation

It is very appropriate that in the context of the AMIC's 8th Annual Conference Theme, 'Asia- Information Poor to Information Rich - Strategies for the 21st Century', a session is devoted to looking at the WTO. This session is intended to examine questions such as, how far have rest...

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Main Author: Surendra, Lawrence
Other Authors: AMIC Annual Conference : Asia Information Poor to Information Rich - Strategies for the 21st Century (8th : 1999 : Chennai)
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/92688
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/1753
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:It is very appropriate that in the context of the AMIC's 8th Annual Conference Theme, 'Asia- Information Poor to Information Rich - Strategies for the 21st Century', a session is devoted to looking at the WTO. This session is intended to examine questions such as, how far have restrictive or discriminating regulations on cultural products been eased or abolished to promote trade liberalization under the WTO agreement? Is the WTO Agreement a tool for Western domination of world trade in audiovisual services and satellite communication, and for cultural hegemony over the third world? There are very important and relevant questions today.