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WTO/ESCAP/ARTNeT Advanced Regional Seminar
on Multilateral Negotiations in Services
for Asian and Pacific Economies
Date
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19-21 September 2006 |
Venue
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Kolkata, India |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To review recent developments and emerging agreements in the DDA negotiations on services, to deepen participants' understanding of issues of particular relevance to the negotiations, and to assess implications of trade liberalization in selected services sectors important for the region. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Presentation:
Banking and Insurance liberalization in Malaysia
Muthi Samudram, Monash University, Malaysia
Financial Integration in ASEAN: Lessons from EU
Gloria O. Pasadilla, Senior Research Fellow, Philippine
Institute for Development Studies
International Trade in Services: Evolving Issues for
Developing Countries
Prabir De, Research and Information System for
Developing Countries (RIS), India
Services Trade in Nepal: A Comparative Case Study of
Banking and Insurance Sectors
D. R. Khanal, Institute for Policy Research and
Development (IPRAD)
Services Trade in Nepal, Bangladesh and Malaysia: A Case
Study of Banking and Insurance Sectors (Bangladesh Study)
Salahuddin Ahmad, Head, Department of Business
Administration, Uttara university, Bangladesh
Background papers:
Editorial conventions for the submission of revised offers
Disciplines on domestic regulation in the accountancy sector
Services negotiations under the GATS: Current state of play
(request-and-offer process)
General Agreement on Trade in Services
The General Agreement on Trade in Services: An
introduction
Guidelines and procedures for the negotiations on trade in
services
Guidelines for the scheduling of specific commitments
under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
Understanding on commitments in financial services
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Participants
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Questionnaire for participants
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, UNESCAP
Email: mikic@un.org |
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Last updated: 4 October 2006 |
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