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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483380503321

Autore

Kategekwa Joy

Titolo

Opening Markets for Foreign Skills: How Can the WTO Help? : Lessons from the EU and Uganda's Regional Services Deals / / by Joy Kategekwa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03548-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

343.087

Soggetti

International law

Trade

Conflict of laws

International Economic Law, Trade Law

Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Conceptual Issues -- The Economic Importance of Mode 4 -- Character and Trends in Existing Mode 4 Commitments in the GATS -- A Case Study of the EU Schedule of Specific Commitments -- A Case Study of Uganda's Schedule of Specific Commitments on Mode 4 in the GATS -- Prospects for Change in the DDA.

Sommario/riassunto

The Mode 4 commitments of WTO Members are narrow and shallow.  Even though trade negotiations for enhanced Mode 4 access started well before the launch of the DDA- prospects for success are thin.  These negotiations followed a traditional mercantilist approach- with limited attention to the underlying difficulties countries face in letting people into their borders, either generally, or on the basis of a WTO GATS commitment.   This Book argues that this approach alone will not succeed.  It proposes a focus not on trading market access concessions only, but on discussions aimed at understanding each other's regulatory approaches.  To date, in terms of the literature available, we know very little about how WTO Members are managing their Mode 4 commitments.  We know even less about how the WTO could learn from clearly more advanced steps in regional liberalization



processes.  This Book addresses these issues- through case studies of market access and national treatment commitments, and regulatory approaches in Economic Integration Agreements of a select group of WTO Members.