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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculty of Law Academic year 2007-2008
THE LAW OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION Prof. Dr. Geert Van Calster and Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters EXAM 24 January 2008
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFOREHAND ! ! ! 1. This exam lasts maximum 3 hours. 2. This is an open-book exam which consists of 3 main questions (with subquestions). You may use any written, type-written or printed materials. 3. This exam contains 14 pages + 5 pages of attachments. Please indicate, fully and clearly, your name and student number at the top of each page. 4. Please write your answer to each question in the blank space left after each question. Do not exceed this space. Do not write on the back of a page. 5. Please note that a concise and to-the-point answer is valued more highly than a long and diffuse one. 6. Do not give disproportionate attention to one question over the other: try to divide your time in a balanced manner. The maximum marks for the reply to each question are indicated in bold. 7. Give arguments for your answers and give as much as possible references to relevant provisions, case-law and/or reading materials which you have consulted. 8. Write legibly because what cannot be read will not be graded!
GOOD LUCK ! ! !
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QUESTION I - CHINA’S FILM QUOTA [7 POINTS] China has suspended imports of American films, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said today, as he urged the mainland to lift a tight quota on foreign movies. China allows just 20 foreign films to be shown in the country's cinemas each year but it was not immediately known whether the halt on screenings was due to that number already being reached. 'There has been a suspension,' Gutierrez told reporters, confirming a US media report that Hollywood films had been mysteriously blocked. Gutierrez, speaking at the sidelines of top-level economic talks between the two nations during which trade tensions have been exposed,
Student Number:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculty of Law Academic year 2007-2008
THE LAW OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION Prof. Dr. Geert Van Calster and Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters EXAM 24 January 2008
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFOREHAND ! ! ! 1. This exam lasts maximum 3 hours. 2. This is an open-book exam which consists of 3 main questions (with subquestions). You may use any written, type-written or printed materials. 3. This exam contains 14 pages + 5 pages of attachments. Please indicate, fully and clearly, your name and student number at the top of each page. 4. Please write your answer to each question in the blank space left after each question. Do not exceed this space. Do not write on the back of a page. 5. Please note that a concise and to-the-point answer is valued more highly than a long and diffuse one. 6. Do not give disproportionate attention to one question over the other: try to divide your time in a balanced manner. The maximum marks for the reply to each question are indicated in bold. 7. Give arguments for your answers and give as much as possible references to relevant provisions, case-law and/or reading materials which you have consulted. 8. Write legibly because what cannot be read will not be graded!
GOOD LUCK ! ! !
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QUESTION I - CHINA’S FILM QUOTA [7 POINTS] China has suspended imports of American films, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said today, as he urged the mainland to lift a tight quota on foreign movies. China allows just 20 foreign films to be shown in the country's cinemas each year but it was not immediately known whether the halt on screenings was due to that number already being reached. 'There has been a suspension,' Gutierrez told reporters, confirming a US media report that Hollywood films had been mysteriously blocked. Gutierrez, speaking at the sidelines of top-level economic talks between the two nations during which trade tensions have been exposed,