The Trade Versus Culture Discourse: Tracing its Evolution in Global Law

Burri, Mira (2015). The Trade Versus Culture Discourse: Tracing its Evolution in Global Law. In: Vadi, Valentina; de Witte, Bruno (eds.) Culture and International Economic Law. Routledge Research in International Economic Law Series. Oxford: Routledge

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The intensified flows of goods, services, peoples and ideas across borders intrinsic to globalization have had numerous and multi-faceted effects. Those affecting culture have been perhaps the most controversial, as it is more often than not difficult to identify the spill-overs across economic and non-economic areas and across borders, as it is equally hard to qualify the effects of these spill-overs as positive or negative. The debate also tends to be politically and even emotionally charged, which has so far not proven advantageous to establishing a genuine dialogue, nor to finding solutions. This contention and the divergent interests of major players in the international community have been reflected in the institutions and rules of global law. It is the objective of this chapter to explore this institutional architecture, in particular its main (and opposing) constituent fora of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Educational Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The chapter traces the evolution of these institutions and their interaction over time, as well as the underlying objectives, demands and strategies of the key proponents in the trade versus culture discourse, which ultimately shaped the existent law and policy. The chapter concludes with an appraisal of the present state of affairs situating the discussion into the contemporary global governance landscape.

Item Type:

Book Section (Book Chapter)

Division/Institute:

02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > NCCR International Trade Regulation
02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > World Trade Institute
10 Strategic Research Centers > World Trade Institute

02 Faculty of Law > Department of Economic Law > Institute of European and International Economic Law

UniBE Contributor:

Burri, Tihomira

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 340 Law
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 380 Commerce, communications & transportation

ISBN:

978-0-415-72326-8

Series:

Routledge Research in International Economic Law Series

Publisher:

Routledge

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tihomira Burri

Date Deposited:

04 Sep 2014 12:19

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:24

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.51585

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/51585

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