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Reform in Basic Telecommunications and the WTO Negotiations : The Asian Experience

World Trade Organization - 1998

This paper examines liberalization of the basic telecommunications sector in a number of Asian countries and the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as a mechanism for multilateral liberalization efforts. It...

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Financial Services and the WTO : Liberalization in the Developing and Transition Economies

World Trade Organization - 1998

(GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …. First, there has been less emphasis on the introduction of competition through allowing new entry than on allowing (or … of competition was not deemed feasible, not much advantage has been taken of the GATS to lend credibility to …

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Regulatory Autonomy and Multilateral Disciplines : The Dilemma and a Possible Resolution

World Trade Organization - 1998

design domestic policies which inhibit foreign competition. The challenge is to devise rules which are sensitive to the …

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Dealing with Monopolies and State Enterprises : WTO Rules for Goods and Services

World Trade Organization - 1997

The objective of this paper is to assess the adequacy of multilateral rules dealing with monopolies and state enterprises, particularly in the domain of services. This paper argues that since these rules depend largely on the other obligations undertaken by Members, a variety of exemptions and...

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Intellectual Property and Digital Trade Mapping International Regulatory Responses to Emerging Issues

World Trade Organization - 2021

This paper explores how regulatory responses to emerging IP issues in digital trade may develop at the international level and in particular how existing mechanisms might influence the chances of developing internationally agreed rules in this regard. The primacy of state sovereignty in...

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The Shifting Contours of Trade in Knowledge : The New 'Trade-Related Aspects' of Intellectual Property

World Trade Organization - 2020

-century since the WTO TRIPS Agreement came into force. Entirely new markets have come into being, potentially redefining the very …

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Services Domestic Regulation : Locking in Good Regulatory Practices

World Trade Organization - 2021

Services is the fastest-growing sector of today's global economy and trade in services is the most dynamic segment of world trade. However, its potential remains constrained by a variety of barriers: trade costs are estimated to be almost double those in goods, and more than 40% of trade costs...

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