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Liberalization
of Transport and the WTO |
The role of transport in economic development can
be viewed from two perspective. Transport is a service to trade. Transport
is also a trade in service. The users of transport services want competitive,
efficient services and favour liberalized environment with a choice of
operators so that they can get their goods delivered at the right place,
at the right time, in the right quality and at the right price. National
providers of transport services, while seeking to fulfill the shippers
demands, would wish to protect their interest and have some safeguards
from liberalization and the resulting foreign competition. It is governments
that have to balance these interests and make policy decisions in determining
the scope, timing and sequencing of liberalization of transport services.
The private sector users and providers of transport also have an important
role to play in working with the policy makers to determine the most appropriate
course of action and deal with issues relating to liberalization at multilateral
forums such as the World Trade Organization (WTO).
It is our intention to report on this web site the work undertaken by the Transport and Tourism Division in conjunction with the Trade and Investment Division and report developments taking in liberalization of transport services in regional and multilateral forums, particularly the WTO, that is of relevance to the transport sector: |
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