U.S. Wins WTO Case Against China

The U.S. has reportedly won its case filed at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China’s quota on its import of movies, music and books
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U.S. Wins WTO Case Against China
Chinese vendors sell pirated DVD copies of various popular movies, outside a shop in Beijing. The U.S. has reportedly won a WTO case against China involving movie import quotas. (Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images)
6/28/2009
Updated:
10/1/2015
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Chinese vendors sell pirated DVD copies of various popular movies, outside a shop in Beijing. The U.S. has reportedly won a WTO case against China involving movie import quotas. (Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images)

According to ZhongGuang News Net, the U.S. has won its case filed at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against China’s quota on its import of movies, music and books, which is against free trade. The WTO has reached a decision that is favorable to the U.S., but it has not officially released this decision yet.

China’s movie market is the fastest growing market in the world, but it has quota on movie imports. Before 2001 when China entered the WTO, its annual quota on movie import was 10. After it entered WTO, the annual quota increased to 20 only. That is one of the reasons for the widespread of pirated movie copies in China.

In addition, the Chinese regime has promised to allow foreign companies to import books, newspaper, DVD, music and movies to China in its agreement with the WTO. However; the import on the above categories are controlled by state-owned companies. The Chinese regime also refuses to allow foreign companies to publish or sell these products in China.

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