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WTO/ESCAP Advanced Regional Seminar on the GATS
and Services Negotiations
Date
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4-7 May 2010 |
Venue
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Organizers
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ESCAP Trade and
Investment Division
World Trade Organization (WTO)
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Objective
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This seminar offers advanced training on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and developments in the ongoing services negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda. The seminar is intended to respond to particular sector- and policy-related interests expressed by participants. It may thus be used as an opportunity to discuss areas/sectors that are not fully reflected in the current classification system (e.g., environment- or energy-related services), issues that have arisen in recent studies on the GATS (e.g., the status of investment treaties under the Agreement) and/or the implications of GATS-related dispute rulings. |
Documentation
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Presentations:
Session 1: Trade in Services: Review of key concepts; and
Session 2: Architecture of the GATS
 - Trade in Services: Review of key concepts
Session 3: Principles and practice of scheduling specific commitments
- The 'Art of Scheduling'
Session 4: Quiz on the GATS and practical exercises
- Scheduling Quiz
Session 5: Application of GATS to specific sectors
- Telecom and the GATS
- The GATS and Financial Services
Session 6: Domestic regulation
- WTO Negotiations on disciplines on Domestic Regulation:
Main elements and state of play
Markus Jelitto, World Trade Organization
Session 7: Practical exercises concerning scheduling of commitments
- Scheduling of Commitments and Compliance with
Domestic Regulation Disciplies: Health-Related Services
Session 8
- Services reform and liberalization in the Asia-Pacific
region: Case study of Thailand
Deunden Nikomborirak, TDRI
- Services Liberalisation in Malaysia
Mohamed Shahabar Abdul Kareem, MITI
Session 9: Case study on GATS dispute settlement
- WTO Dispute Settlement Simulation: "ABC Construction"
- Relevant CPC Codes for Exercises
Session 10: Public services and the GATS
- Education and Health Services
Aik Hoe Lim, Trade in Services Division, WTO
Session 11: Departures from MFN treatment: A closer look
- Departures from MFN treatment
Session 12: ESCAP: Preferential trade agreements in services
- Preferential trade agreements in services
Mis Mikic, Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Session 13: ESCAP: Preferential trade agreements in services
- ASEAN Economic Integration on Trade in Services -
A case study
Session 14: Doha Development Agenda
- Negotiations on GATS Rules
- Services Negotiations in the Doha Round
Session 15: Measuring trade in services
- Measuring trade in services
Mia Mikic, TID, ESCAP
Background materials
- GATS: The General Agreement on Trade in Services and Related Instruments
- The General Agreement on Trade in Services: An Introduction
- Procedures for the submission and circulation of initial offers
- Services Signalling Conference
- Listing of Article II Exemptions
- Negotiating Group on Basic Telecommunications: Reference Paper
- Technical Aspects of Request and Offers
- Disciplines on Domestic Regulation in the Accountancy Sector
- Guidelines for the Scheduling of Specific Commitments Under the General Agreement in Trade in Services (GATS)
- Services Negotiations Under the GATS: Background and Current State of Play
- Elements Required for the Completion of the Services Negotiations
- Doha Work Programme: Ministerial Declaration
- Guidelines for Mutual Recognition Agreements or Arrangements in the Accountancy Sector
- Disciplines on Domestic Regulation Pursuant to GATS article 4
- Negotiating Group on Basic Telecommunications: Reference Paper
- New updated WTO Secretariat services background papers
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Participants
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Information note for participants
Programme
List of participants |
Contact
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Ms. Mia Mikic
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP
Email: mikic@un.org
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Last updated: 25 May 2010 |
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