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SERVICES: SYMPOSIUM — 14-15 MARCH 2002
Symposium on assessment of trade in services

In December 2001, the Council for Trade in Services tasked the Secretariat with organizing a Symposium on Assessment of Trade in Services. It was intended to provide a forum for discussion and information exchange among delegations and, in the context of the ongoing services round, contribute to informed policy-making at national level. Most presentations — by representatives of international organizations as well as country experts — focused on growth and developmental effects of services liberalization at national, regional and/or sectoral level. They also highlighted the importance of sound domestic policy frameworks and regulatory structures. The Symposium was held on 14 and 15 March 2002.

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Programme and background materials Back to top

Thursday 14 March

10:00-10:15	A. Introduction by the Chairman: objectives of the symposium Andrew L. Stoler, Deputy-Director General
10:15-11:00	B. Assessment of trade in services: background (i) Relevant GATS provisions Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services Division, WTO (ii) Overview of current commitments under GATS Rolf Adlung, Trade in Services Division, WTO PowerPoint presentation Recommended reading: (Chapter 4) (43 pages; 569 KB in pdf format)
11:00-11:45	C. Trends in services trade under GATS — Recent developments Guy Karsenty, Trade in Services Section, Statistics Division, WTO PowerPoint presentation Recommended reading: WTO document S/C/W/27/Add.1, 30 October 2000, (46 pages; 820 KB in Word format).
11:45-12:30	D. Services reform, structural change and economic development: empirical evidence Aaditya Mattoo, Senior Economist, World Bank PowerPoint presentation Recommended reading: http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gep2002/chapt3.pdf
15:00–16:30	E. Services performance in developing countries “Elements of the assessment” (22 pages; 144 KB in Word format) Manuela Tortora, Coordinator, Commercial Diplomacy Programme (DITC) Jolita Butkeviciene, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade in Services Section (DITC) PowerPoint presentation
16:30–17:15	F. Trade in infrastructural services and economic efficiency: national experiences Presentations based on research papers “Services reform strategies for developing countries” Christopher Findlay, Australian National University, Canberra PowerPoint presentation Recommended reading: C. Findlay (2001), Services Sector Reform and Development Strategies: Issues and Research Priorities, Policy Issues in International Trade, Study Series No.8 (UNCTAD/ITCD/TAB/9)

Friday 15 March

	Research papers (cont'd)
10:00-10:45	“Trade in infrastructural services: selected African experiences and the GATS negotiations” Dominique Njinkeu, African Economic Research Consortium, Nairobi PowerPoint presentation
10:45-11:30	G. The impact of regulatory reform on services sector growth and efficiency: experiences in OECD countries Pierre Sauvé, Trade Policy Linkages Division, OECD Trade Directorate (14 pages; 84 KB in Word format) PowerPoint presentation Recommended reading: http://www.oecd.org\ech\tradepolicy\services
11:30 -13:00 15:00 -	H. Trade in infrastructural services and economic efficiency: Member submissions Panelists Philippa Dee (Australian Productivity Commission) (53 pages; 221 KB in pdf format) Allison Young (Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada) Kusumaningtuti Soetiono (Central Bank of Indonesia) PowerPoint presentation Yasusuke Tsukagoshi (Financial Services Agency, Japan) (7 pages; 47 KB in Word format) Thomas Cottier, Christine Breining-Kaufmann (World Trade Institute, Berne, Switzerland) (12 pages; 64 KB in Word format) PowerPoint presentation Scott S. Hallford (Federal Express Corporation, United States) PowerPoint presentation Other contributions Cuba: La experiencia de Cuba en el comercio de servicios, Spanish only (12 pages; 109 KB in Word format) Hong Kong, China: Sectoral experience of Hong Kong, China in telecommunications (5 pages; 35 KB in Word format) and Estimation of the economic benefit and financial impact on Hong Kong Telecommunications Limited due to liberalization in the external telecommunications sector — Annex (14 pages; 242 KB in pdf format) Norway: Assessment of international trade Agreements (4 pages; 34 KB in Word format) United Kingdom: Communications liberalisation in the UK (28 pages; 76 KB in pdf format), The social effects of energy liberalisation — The UK experience (19 pages; 171 KB in pdf format), Social, environmental and security of supply policies in a competitive energy market — A review of delivery mechanisms in the United Kingdom (48 pages; 705 KB in pdf format) and Implementing privatisation: the UK experience (31 pages; 773 KB in pdf format)
	I. Additional presentations These presentations were initially prepared under agenda item H. Unfortunately, the authors were unable to participate at the Symposium. “Services export capacity in developing countries, especially LDCs”, Dorothy Riddle, Service-Growth Consultants Inc., Vancouver (10 pages; 59 KB in Word format) “Openness and Trade in Services: Some empirical evidence for the Andean Countries”, Alain Fairlie, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima PowerPoint presentation

Annex Back to top
Reading material (sector- and mode-specific)

UNCTAD Secretariat

Tourism services:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em6d2.EN.pdf http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em6d3.EN.pdf

Construction services:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em12d2.EN.pdf http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em12d3.EN.pdf

Energy services:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em16d2.EN.pdf http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em16d3.EN.pdf

Environmental services:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em7d2.EN.pdf http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em7d3.EN.pdf

Health services:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em1d3.EN.pdf http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em1d2.EN.pdf

Air transport services:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em9d3.EN.pdf http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/c1em9d2.EN.pdf

Economic needs test:	http://www.unctad.org/EN/docs/poitcdtsbd8.EN.pdf

WTO Secretariat

Distribution Services - S/C/W/37 (31 pages, 229KB)
Construction and Related Engineering Services - S/C/W/38 (11 pages, 80KB)
Postal and Courier Services - S/C/W/39 (14 pages, 109KB)
Audiovisual Services - S/C/W/40 (19 pages, 144KB)
Legal Services - S/C/W/43 (27 pages, 176KB)
Architectural and Engineering Services - S/C/W/44 (19 pages, 132KB)
Computer and Related Services - S/C/W/45 (23 pages, 166KB)
Environmental Services - S/C/W/46 (30 pages, 196KB)
Advertising Services - S/C/W/47 (19 pages, 130KB)
Education Services - S/C/W/49 (30 pages, 191KB)
Health and Social Services - S/C/W/50 (31 pages, 200KB)
Tourism Services - S/C/W/51 (26 pages, 248KB)
Energy Services - S/C/W/52 (31 pages, 257KB)
Air Transport Services - S/C/W/59 (57 pages, 472KB)
Land Transport Services Part I - Generalities and Road Transport - S/C/W/60 (25 pages, 210KB)
Land Transport Services Part II - Rail Transport Services - S/C/W/61 (18 pages, 153KB)
Maritime Transport Services - S/C/W/62 (30 pages, 226KB) and S/CSS/W/106 (49 pages, 396KB)
Financial Services - S/C/W/72 (35 pages, 4.9MB)
Accountancy Services - S/C/W/73 (28 pages, 236KB)
Telecommunications - S/C/W/74 (26 pages, 581KB)
Presence of Natural Persons (mode 4) - S/C/W/75 (34 pages, 255KB)
Structure of Commitments for Modes 1,2 and 3 - S/C/W/99 > search > help with downloading these documents (searches Documents Online database, opens in new window: allow a moment for the results to appear)

Developments in the Air Transport Sector S/C/W/163/Add.1-6 since the Conclusion of the Uruguay Round > search > help with downloading these documents (searches Documents Online database, opens in new window: allow a moment for the results to appear)