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China loses WTO appeal on books and films

Date: January 2010

China’s government has lost its appeal against a WTO decision that its restrictions on imports of audiovisual products broke the Organisation’s rules.

The decision by the WTO’s Appellate Body upheld the initial findings of a WTO Panel in August last year, which described some of China’s actions as "discriminatory" and asked the government to remove restrictions on who can import copyright goods into China.

The full version of this story is available at www.managingip.com.