Digital trade in wto-law - Taking stock and looking ahead

Asian Journal of WTO and International Health Law and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Weber, RoIf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

E Commerce; Future digital trade rules; GATT v. GATS; Information technology agreement; Preferential trade agreements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869032350     PISSN: 18195164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. GERADIN, DAMIEN & DAVID LUFF (eds.) (2004), The WTO and Global Convergence in Telecommunications and Audio-Visual Services.
2. KARIYAWASAM, ROHAN (2007), International Economic Law and The Digital Divide - A New Silk Road.
3. PANIZZON, MARION et al. (eds.) (2008), Gats and The Regulation of International Trade in Services.
4. TREBILCOCK, MICHAEL J. & ROBERT L. HOWSE (2005), The Regulation of International Trade.
5. WEBER, ROLF H. (2002), Regulatory Models for The Online World.
6. WEBER, ROLF H. (2009), Shaping Internet Governance: Regulatory Challenges.
7. WEBER, ROLF H. & VALÉRIE MENOUD (2008), The Information Society and The Digital Divide - Legal Strategies to Finance Global Access.
8. WUNSCH-VINCENT, SACHA (2006), The WTO, The Internet and Trade in Digital Products: EC-US Perspectives.
9. Chaturvedi, Sachin & S.K. Mohanty (2008), The WTO and trade in electronically delivered software emerging challenges and policy options - An indian perspective, 42(5) Journal of World Trade 927.
10. Fink, Carsten & Martín Molinuevo (2008), East asian preferential trade agreements in services: Liberalization content and WTO rules, 7(4) World Trade Review 641.
11. Forbes, Reshad & Christos Sakellariou (2009), The WTO to settle dispute over EU tariffs for IT products - The ITA case, 15(1) International Trade Law and Regulation 14.
12. Islam, Rizwanul & Shawkat Alam (2009), Preferential trade agreements and the scope of GATT article XXIV, GA TS article V and the enabling clause: An appraisal of GATT/WTO jurisprudence, 56(1) Netherland International Law Review 1.
13. Mattoo, Aaditya & Sacha Wunsch-Vincent (2004), Pre-empting protectionism in services: The GATS and outsourcing, 7(4) Journal of International Economic Law 765.
14. Peng, Shin-yi (2007), Trade in telecommunications services: Doha and beyond, 41(2) Journal of World Trade 293.
15. Peng, Shin-yi (2009), Liberalization of trade in television services: The negotiation dilemma and challenges for the future, 43(4) Journal of World Trade 657.
16. Roy, Martin et al. (2007), Services liberalization in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs): How much further than GATS?, 6(2) World Trade Review 155.
17. Weber, Rolf H. (2007), Information technology markets - Asia's opportunity to revitalise the WTO, 37 Hong Kong Law Journal 209.
18. Wilkinson, Rorden & James Scott (2008), Developing country participation in the GATT: A reassessment, 7 World Trade Review 473.
19. Wusch-Vincent, Sacha (2003), The digital trade agenda of the U.S.: Parallel tracks of bilateral, regional and multilateral liberalization, 58(1) Aussenwirtschaft 7.
20. Wunsch-Vincent, Sacha (2006), The internet, cross border trade in services, and the GATS: Lessons from US-gambling, 5(3) World Trade Review 319.
21. Appellate Body Report, European Communities - Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products, WT/DS135/AB/R (March 12, 2001).
22. Appellate Body Report, China - Measures Affecting Trading Rights and Distribution Services for Certain Publications and Audiovisual Entertainment Products, WT/DS363/AB/R (December 21, 2009).
23. Appellate Body Report, United States - Measures Affecting the CrossBorder Supply of Gambling and Betting Services, WT/DS285/AB/R (April 7,2005).
24. Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products, Compilation of the Submissions by the Secretariat: Revision: The Non-Tariff Measures Work Programme, G/IT/SPEC/Q2/ll/Rev.l (April. 14, 2003).
25. Council for Trade and Services, Background Note by the Secretariat: Computer and Related Services, S/C/W/45 (July 14, 1998).
26. Council for Trade in Services, Committee on Specific Commitments, Computer and Related Services: Communication from the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Mats, TN/SAV/10, S/CSC/W/37 (January 8,2003).
27. Council for Trade in Services, Committee on Specific Commitments, Coverage of CPC 84 - Computer and Related Services: Communication from the European Communities and their Member States, TN/S/W/6, S/CSSAV/34 (October 24,2002).
28. Council for Trade in Services, Interim Report to the General Council: Work Programme on E-Commerce, S/C/8 (March 31 1999).
29. European Commission, Towards an Information Society Approach: Green Paper on the Convergence of the Telecommunications, Media and Information Technology Sectors, and the Implications for Regulation, COM (97) 623 (December 7, 1997).
30. General Council, Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, WT/L/274 (September 30, 1998).
31. General Council, WTO Agreements and Electronic Commerce, WT/GC/W/90 (July 14, 1998).
32. Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products, Note by the Secretariat: Revision: Overview of Divergences of Classification of Attachment B Items, G/IT/2/Add.l/Rev.l (July 29, 1999).
33. Panel Report, China - Measures Affecting Trading Rights and Distribution Services for Certain Publications and Audiovisual Entertainment Products, WT/DS363/R (August 12, 2009).
34. Panel Report, Mexico - Measures Affecting Telecommunications Services, WT/DS204/R (April 2, 2004).
35. Panel Report, United States - Measures Affecting the Cross Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services, WT/DS285/R (November 19, 2004).
36. Secretariat, Note by the Secretariat: Services Sectoral Classification List, MTN.GNS/W/120 (July 10, 1991).
37. United Nation Conference on Trade & Development [UNCTAD], Information Economy Report 2009: Trends and Outlook in Turbulent Times, Geneva, UNCTAD/IER/2009, U.N. Sales No. E.09.II.D.18 (2009).
38. United Nation Information & Communication Technology Task Force, WTO, E-commerce and Information Technologies: From the Uruguay Round through the Doha Development Agenda: A Report for the UN ICT Task Force (2005), available at http://www.iie.com/publications/ papers/wunschl 104.pdf.
39. Uruguay Round Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Group of Negotiations on Services, Note by the Secretariat, Services Sectoral Classification List, MTN.GNS/W/120 (July 10, 1991).
40. World Trade Organization, Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products, WT/MIN(96)/16 (December 13, 1996).
41. World Trade Organization, The Geneva Ministerial Declaration on Global Electronic Commerce, WT/MIN(98)DEC/2 (May 25, 1998).
42. Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, USTR Remarks on EU, ITA, WTO Case (April 22, 2008), available at http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/ uploads/speeches/2008/asset-upload-file683-l 4917.pdf.
43. Alliance for Global Business, A Discussion Paper by the Alliance for Global Business on Trade-Related Aspects of Electronic Commerce in Response to the WTO 's E-Commerce Work Programme, available at http://www.giic.org/agb/agb- wtoapril 1999.pdf.
44. Doing doha down, The Economist, September 3, 2009.
45. Information Technology Industry Council, http://www.itic.org.
46. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Understanding the Digital Divide, available at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/38/57/ 1888451.pdf.
47. Peng, Shin-yi (2009), Taxing Innovation? - The Evolving Coverage of the Information Technology Agreement, presented at The 2009 ILST Conference on Innovation, Competition and Regulation.
48. Sauvé, Pierre, The Trade Policy Implications of the New Economy, available at http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/Papers/Sauve/ sauvetpimp.pdf.
49. Trade and Industry Department, CEPA, http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/ cepa/.
50. The noodle bowl, The Economist, September 3,2009.
51. World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva Declaration of Principles, WSIS-03/GENEVA/DOC/4-E, (December 12,2003).