Research On The Legal Regulation Of Audio-visual Products Import And Export Trade

As the enhancement of the fast developing technology and economic globalization, cultural communication among different countries became more frequent and cultural business is flourish. The growth of international audio businesses which was a core product of cultural business attracts more and more attention then before, especially in America Audio business has already covers a big share of export business except for aircraft,arm and agriculture business.Since the reform and opening revolution, domestic audio business is keep moving forward but cannot have an edge when compete with western developed countries. It is a new business in our country and relative laws and rules are not mature. In this situation, it is theoretically and realistically meaningful to have research for audio product import&export trading laws.The most contentious two problems for this business is the essence and free trade and restrictions. It is more vague to identify whether this product is real goods or services. This all triggers dispute in Uruguay and Doha negotiation. There is no international rules regulate the belonging category.International rules regulating audio trade, including WTO relative rules and "Protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions Convention"(In short "cultural diversity convention"). WTO relative rules have GATT and GATS. Because of different point of view for the property and different restrict, EU tends to protect local audio business more and America tends to encourage free development. WTO have limited restricts and more incline to America’s way. In this case, the convention was made which help to protect each partner to protect audio business. Therefore WTO rules and convention rules have some conflict, mainly between most-favoured-nation clause and WTO rules and so on.China have few such laws, in which most of them are just policies aims to fulfill promise when we joined WTO. All these policies regulate import and export management, foreign investment. The07audio lawsuit enhances the importance of improving related laws. Current laws and regulations cannot meet the developing requirement which need to be get more mature, and we should making suitable policies to develop audio business.