| Summary: | 碩士 === 元智大學 === 藝術與設計學系-藝術管理碩士班 === 90 === Taiwan being accepted as a member of World Trade Organization (WTO) on January 1st, 2002, is bound to have a dramatic impact on various industries in Taiwan, because the principles announced by WTO aim at making the trade transactions open and transparent so as to facilitate the capitals being accumulated and transferred quickly. However, the concurrent industrial environment of visual arts in Taiwan is not solid enough to face the challenge of joining WTO. It is therefore an urgent issue to think about how to cope with this trend of globalization and to strengthen the competing ability of art market in Taiwan while maintaining our indigenous culture. This study surveys two major categories: first, what influences will there be on the industry of the visual arts in Taiwan after participating in WTO; second, how to adjust the regulations after Taiwan and Mainland China both partake in WTO.
The aim of this study is to research the impacts on the industry of the visual arts after Taiwan joins WTO and to seek for the remedial measures. The first chapter is to understand the current market of the visual arts in Taiwan prior to partaking in WTO. The second chapter is to examine the principles of WTO and its regulations concerning the visual arts, and to comprehend the directions within the framework of WTO to be taken by the market of the visual arts. In the third chapter, discussions first focus on the influence of WTO on the policy and law making regarding the visual arts in Taiwan. The discrepancies between the existing regulations concerning arts in Taiwan and those of WTO are fully expounded as well, through which an analysis is made on the possible impact on the industry of the visual arts in Taiwan in the WTO era. In the fourth chapter, some remedial measures are proposed by reconciling the WTO regulations and the present circumstances of the industry of the visual arts in Taiwan.
It is the discovery of this study that, although joining WTO results in no immediate and direct impact on the industry of the visual arts in Taiwan, there is still an indirect one to count for, especially that of China on Taiwan. In the past, there had been a number of regulations on the part of Taiwan against imports from China. After joining WTO, however, both parties have to abide by the principles of mutual benefit and indiscrimination. As it is no longer allowable for the members of WTO to set up too many barriers, and our policy over Mainland China has to be modified in accordance with the WTO regulations. As artists, works of art, and art dealers from Mainland China can enter Taiwan freely in the future, there will be some foreseeable impacts on Taiwan. This study thus concludes with some suggestions as how to cope with the new situation.
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