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Developing Country Proposals for the Liberalization of Movements of Natural Services Suppliers

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posted on 2023-06-08, 00:23 authored by L. Alan WintersL. Alan Winters
This chapter criticizes the mercantilist rhetoric of some of the initial proposals because they requested other countries to liberalize their imports without offering reciprocal and equivalent market-opening commitments. It notes the extreme caution of developed country offers and concludes that — even though ‘Mode 4’ appears to be the principal way in which developing countries might expect to reap market access benefits in services — there may not be much liberalization of ‘Mode 4 services’ during the Doha Round in view of, inter alia, the xenophobic European fears of permanent migration. Developing countries likewise continue to be restrictive on opening their labour markets for professional services of foreign workers, in contrast to their more liberal attitude vis-à-vis ‘commercial presence’ (Mode 3) of foreign services suppliers.

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  • Published

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Page range

147-165

Pages

19.0

Book title

Reforming the World Trading System: Legitimacy, Efficiency and Democratic Governance

ISBN

9780199282623

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  • Economics Publications

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  • Yes

Editors

Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann, James Harrison

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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