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Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 23, 2012

China film imports change was anticipated

Lawyers who've seen their film finance practices grow in recent months say China's agreement to remove restrictions on foreign entertainment imports was a step in the right direction. But, they add, there's still a ways to go.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


More than two years after the World Trade Organization shot down China's restrictions on entertainment imports - and five years after the United States first challenged those policies - China has conceded. Sort of.


U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping agreed Friday to the new terms, which allow for 14 additional foreign films to enter China's market each yea...

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