GATS 2000 Negotiations Update

BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest reports on the GATS 2000 negotiations.

20 December 2002
Trade and Development Committee Unable To Bridge Gaps on S&D
20 December 2002
WTO Working Group On Trade, Debt and Finance Discusses Coherence With IMF And World Bank
11 December 2002
WTO: Services Council Adjourns Without Agreement On Autonomous Liberalisation
14 November 2002
WTO: S&D Review Struggles For Agreement
31 October 2002
Services: Developing Country WTO Members Join Forces To Move Ahead On 'Horizontal' Issues
17 July, 2002
Services: Members Adopt Timeframe For Negotiating ESM; Government Procurement And Subsidies
10 July, 2002
EU, Others Request Trading Partners To Open Up Services Markets
3 July 2002
US Submits GATS Requests To WTO Trading Partners
12 June 2002
Services: No Progress On Horizontal Issues As Members Prepare For Request/Offer
4 June 2002
Services: Still No Breakthrough On Autonomous Liberalisation
23 April 2002
Panel Established in US-Mexico Telecom
23 April 2002
GATS: Leaked EC Draft Requests Bring Mixed Reactions
26 March 2002
Services: Little Visible Progress As Members Reflect On Requests and Wrangle on Assessment
19 March 2002
Services: Members Agree To Further Extend ESM Deadline
5 March 2002
Services: Domestic Regulation Discussed At OECD
26 February, 2002
Upcoming Services Talks To Address Range Of Issues
12 December 2001
Services Week: Members Rehash Old Stances
4 December 2001
Services Week Update: Emergency Safeguards & Domestic Regulation
28 November 2001
Services Week: Time Running Out For Safeguard Measures
16 October 2001
Financial Services Last But Not Least In Services Week
9 October 2001
Highlights From WTO Services Week
2 October 2001
GATS: Negotiations To Continue During WTO Services Week
17 July 2001
New GATS Proposals Tabled As WTO Meets For Services Week
12 June 2001
GATS Focus: New Spark For Discussions On Emergency Safeguards
22 May 2001
GATS: Sectoral Discussions Commence
08 May 2001
EC Pushes To Make 'Necessity Test' Predictable
10 April 2001
US Claims Colombia, Mexico, South Africa And Taiwan Violate Telecoms Agreements
03 April 2001
Services Negotiating Guidelines Agreed As WTO Completes Stocktaking Exercise
20 March 2001
New Guidelines Tabled As Meetings Resume; WTO Blasts NGO 'Scare Stories' On Services
20 March 2001
Canadian Serv ices Proposal Includes Development Concerns
13 March 2001
WTO Investment Body Talks GATS, FDI

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