State Support for Audiovisual Products in the World Trade Organization: Protectionism or Cultural Policy?

International Journal of Cultural Property

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-160

  Voon, Tania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 85010698139     PISSN: 09407391     EISSN: 14657317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0940739106060073     Document Type: Article

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