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From International Competitive Carrier to the WTO : A Survey of the Fcc's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998

Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2004

With the creation and implementation of the February 1997 World Trade Organization Agreement on Basic …) promised ostensibly to move away from markets characterized by monopolies and toward a world of competition and deregulation …. Tragically, the only tangible achievement apparently has been the delay of effective World Trade Organization (WTO …

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Reform in basic telecommunications and the WTO negotiations : the Asian experience

Low, Patrick; Mattoo, Aaditya - 1998 - Manuscript date: 25 November, 1997

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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Uberregulation Without Economics : The World Trade Organization's Decision in the U.S.-Mexico Arbitration on Telecommunications Services

Sidak, J. Gregory; Singer, Hal J. - 2009

standard in competition law and sector-specific regulation around the world, the WTO has made a poor start in its …In April 2004, the World Trade Organization (WTO) assumed a new role as a highly specialized, global regulator of …

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Addendum, from International Competitive Carrier to the WTO : A Survey of the Fcc's International Telecommunications Policy Initiatives 1985-1998

Spiwak, Lawrence J. - 2013

In its December 1998 issue, the Federal Communications Law Journal published a law review article surveying the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC or Commission) international policy initiatives between 1985 and 1998. As that article explained, one of the centerpieces of the FCC's...

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The CETA-agreement on telecommunication services : a blueprint for a future WTO accord in multilateral trade liberalisation?

Fredebeul-Krein, Markus - 2019 - Preliminary draft

In February 1997 WTO members signed the Fourth protocol, which, for the first time, determined a set of international rules for trade in basic telecommunication services. While this agreement was a major step in the direction of liberalising national telecommunication markets, many deficiencies...

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The interplay of multilateral agreements and domestic regulations in telecommunications

Tigre, Paulo Bastos - In: Trade negotiations in Latin America : problems and prospects, (pp. 111-132). 2003

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Ambiguous protection

Gruendler, Klaus; Hillman, Arye L. - 2021

Import regulations are globally the most prevalent form of intervention in international trade. The regulations should, under rules of the WTO, protect consumers and the environment but can be used to protect producers. We investigate the ambiguity of intent. We set out a model that when applied...

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