Gilbert Gagné is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University, Canada. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Ottawa and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford. His research interests mainly pertain to North American economic integration, subsidies and trade dispute settlement, the protection of foreign investment and investor-state arbitration, and the treatment of cultural products in preferential trade agreements. Much of his research is at the intersection of international trade agreements and states’ regulatory autonomy, with a particular focus on cultural policies.

"Preferential Trade Agreements and Cultural Products thoroughly inventories how states have used the spread of PTA’s to pursue or defend policy goals for audiovisual services and the wider ‘cultural industries.’ Gilbert Gagné has produced the single most comprehensive study of this subject available."Kerry A. Chase, Brandeis University

• List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviationsIntroduction1. The Trade and Culture Debate2. Cultural Products and Trade Negotiations3. The United States4. Canada5. Europe6. Oceania7. Asia8. Latin America9. Central America10. PTAs, the CDCE, and International Law11. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Gilbert Gagné is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University, Canada. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Ottawa and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford. His research interests mainly pertain to North American economic integration, subsidies and trade dispute settlement, the protection of foreign investment and investor-state arbitration, and the treatment of cultural products in preferential trade agreements. Much of his research is at the intersection of international trade agreements and states’ regulatory autonomy, with a particular focus on cultural policies.

"Preferential Trade Agreements and Cultural Products thoroughly inventories how states have used the spread of PTA’s to pursue or defend policy goals for audiovisual services and the wider ‘cultural industries.’ Gilbert Gagné has produced the single most comprehensive study of this subject available."Kerry A. Chase, Brandeis University

• List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviationsIntroduction1. The Trade and Culture Debate2. Cultural Products and Trade Negotiations3. The United States4. Canada5. Europe6. Oceania7. Asia8. Latin America9. Central America10. PTAs, the CDCE, and International Law11. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Gilbert Gagné is Professor of International Relations in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop’s University, Canada. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in political science from the University of Ottawa and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Oxford. His research interests mainly pertain to North American economic integration, subsidies and trade dispute settlement, the protection of foreign investment and investor-state arbitration, and the treatment of cultural products in preferential trade agreements. Much of his research is at the intersection of international trade agreements and states’ regulatory autonomy, with a particular focus on cultural policies.

"Preferential Trade Agreements and Cultural Products thoroughly inventories how states have used the spread of PTA’s to pursue or defend policy goals for audiovisual services and the wider ‘cultural industries.’ Gilbert Gagné has produced the single most comprehensive study of this subject available."Kerry A. Chase, Brandeis University

• List of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviationsIntroduction1. The Trade and Culture Debate2. Cultural Products and Trade Negotiations3. The United States4. Canada5. Europe6. Oceania7. Asia8. Latin America9. Central America10. PTAs, the CDCE, and International Law11. ConclusionBibliographyIndex