Trade and information policy

The WTO and the Audiovisual Sector

“…In this instance, a professed attempt is made to strive towards a balance between the questions of the developing countries and industrialized countries. Their partially conflicting interests and the unequal power relationships, however, made this balance doubtful from the outset 6 (Braman, 1990). From the industrialized countries' point of view the task primarily concerns finding an efficient means of combating piracy from developing countries -some figures suggest that 5 percent of world production is made up of counterfeit imitations, which naturally represents a major loss of income for western countries.…”

Trends in global communication policy‐making: Lessons from the Asian case∗

“…Braman (1990) has analyzed the evolution of GATT as a major forum for the establishment of global information policy. She observes, NUCO-type issues may well reach their denouement in trade negotiations.…”

“…In the 1980s, governments had the option of pursuing their concerns about communications autonomy in formal settings such as Unesco or WARC. In an era where such instrumentalities are no longer available, developing-world interests have little recourse other than the two options, articulated by Braman (1990) of integration (on the developed world's terms) or isolation. 4.…”

“…Braman (1990) details a range of reactions to the emerging global information order, from the extreme of isolation to the extreme of integration. The…”

Front Matter

“…It is widely believed that global modernity is indeed Western modernity, and that the powerful force of Western modernity is the sweeping expansion of its market economy (Sen 1999;Appadurai 1990). With the advancement of technology which makes connectivity and mobility among people of different nation-states more efficient and effective, the market economy has expanded its influence all over the world (Braman 1990). Yet Latouche (1996) clearly points out that the expansion of the Western style market economy, powerful though its impact is, is not able to uproot the different cultures of the so-called third world.…”