ANNEX B:

AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES

SUMMARY

With regard to audiovisual services, the free trade agreement should include:

Full market access and national treatment for production, distribution, and projection

services (including cinema theater ownership and management) for motion pictures and

sound recordings.

Full market access and national treatment for radio and television services and

transmission services.  

Customs valuation on the basis of the carrier medium for goods needed in the conduct of

AV services.

Tariff reductions on AV line items, including production equipment and final products,

and zero duties on DVDs and other digital products.

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