Editing Cultural diversity (section)

=== Trade and investment in cultural goods and services ===
Between 2015 and 2017, at least eight bilateral and regional free trade agreements have introduced cultural clauses or list of commitments that promote the objectives and principles of the [[Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions|2005 Convention]]. Despite the lack of the promotion of the objectives and principles of the 2005 Convention with regard to the negotiation of mega-regional partnership agreements, some parties to the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership|Trans Pacific Partnership (TTP)]] have succeeded in introducing cultural reservations to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions.<ref name="GR2018" /> The growth of online digital content has increased the diversity of culture that a person can get immediate access to, but also increased the threat to cultural diversity by making it easier for a small number of large companies to flood markets with their cultural products. Digital delivery of culture has also given a great deal of power to companies in the technology sector.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Beukelaer |editor1-first=Christiaan |editor2-last=Pyykkönen |editor2-first=Miikka |editor3-last=Singh |editor3-first=J. P. |title=Globalization, culture and development: the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire |isbn=978-1-137-39763-8|pages=147–150 |chapter=The 2005 Convention in the Digital Age|author1-first=Véronique |author1-last=Guèvremont}}</ref>