Calling on the United States Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky to make the issue of runaway film production and cultural content restrictions an issue at the World Trade Organization talks in Seattle.

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Calls upon the United States Trade Representative: (1) to consider the issues of runaway film production and market access for American-filmed entertainment as part of the discussion at the World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Seattle; (2) to ensure that the United States enters into discussions with its trading partners and take steps to address issues that threaten employment and trade in the film industry; and (3) as a top U.S. priority at the WTO talks in Seattle, to make effective use of trade agreements to liberalize cultural content restrictions while addressing countries' cultural content and cultural sovereignty concerns.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 17 November 1999

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