International Law

Google, China & the WTO: Financial Times Brings the Stupid

By Stan

At Tuesday’s Senate hearing on Internet censorship, someone in the press asked Google VP and Deputy General Counsel Nicole Wong about an action against the Chinese government at the World Trade Organization.

Well, the press (again) has taken the bait and is talking about the possibility. The Financial Times kicks their coverage off with this tagline:

If Google chooses to take its case to the WTO, the battle could be both bloody-minded and counterproductive.

Sounds dramatic. I like the blood part.

So, should Google take China to the WTO? Great idea, if the WTO allowed non-Member States entities other than Member States to initiate proceedings. IT DOESN’T!!!
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Post tags: China, financial times, Google, internet censorship, national treatment, world trade organization

Full post as published by China Hearsay on March 03, 2010 (boomark / email).