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Movement of natural persons (mode 4) under the GATS
Joint
WTO-World Bank Symposium, Geneva, 11-12 April 2002In 2001, the Council for Trade in Services tasked the Secretariat with organizing a Symposium on 揗ovement of natural persons (mode 4) under the GATS?and agreed that the event would be planned and sponsored jointly with the World Bank. The symposium was intended to provide a platform for information exchange and discussion on different aspects of mode 4 trade. It brought together government officials, representatives of international organizations, academic researchers and private sector experts. Presentations addressed GATS provisions and commitments in relation to mode 4, the economic implications of further liberalization of the movement of natural persons and the challenges and opportunities it presents. Current regimes for the temporary entry of services providers in selected countries were also outlined. The protagonists of mode 4 trade, in home and host countries, and government officials responsible for regulating the temporary entry of persons presented their views. A panel discussion with trade negotiators closed the event. The Symposium was held on 11 and 12 April 2002.
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Programme and background materials
Thursday, 11 April 2002
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10:00-13:00 |
Opening remarks by the Chairman
Andrew L. Stoler, Deputy-Director General, WTO Secretariat |
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Introduction to the Symposium
Aaditya
Mattoo, Senior Economist, World Bank |
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1. GATS, Mode 4 and the Pattern of Commitments
Antonia
Carzaniga, Economic Affairs Officer, WTO Secretariat |
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2. Mode 4 and the GATS ?Challenges and Opportunities
B.K.
Zutshi, Former Ambassador of India to the WTO Richard B.
Self, Senior International Advisor, Akin, Gump, Strauss,
Hauer and Feld |
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3. Economic Implications of Mode 4 Trade
Alan
Winters, Professor, School of Social Sciences, University of
Sussex |
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15:00-18:00 |
4. Current Regimes for Temporary Movement of Services Providers Julia
Nielson, Administrator, Trade Directorate, OECD Jolita
Butkeviciene, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade in Services,
UNCTAD |
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Mode 4 Trade ?The Protagonists' View
Mark
Hatcher, Director, Global Regulatory and Professional Affairs,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, UK Suwit
Wibulpolprasert, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Public Health, Thailand Josephine
J. Francisco, President, NYK-Fil Ship Management, The
Philippines |
Friday, 12 April 2002
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5. Mode 4 Trade ?The Protagonists' View (continued) Enos
Brown, Chief Information Officer, HEART Trust/NTA, Jamaica Mike
Waghorne, Assistant General Secretary, Public Services
International Pierre
Page, President, Teknosoft, Switzerland Vaibhav
Parikh, NASSCOM, India |
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6. Mode 4 Trade ?The Regulators' View
Paul
Henry, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canada Torsten
Christen, German Ministry of Labour, Germany Howard
Ronald Dobson, US Department of Labour, United States Ivan
Lambinon, Department of Home Affairs, and Mario Ambrosini,
Advisor to the Minister of Home Affairs South Africa |
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15:00- 17:00 |
7. Final Panel ?Overview Moderator ?Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services Division, WTO Secretariat Members' representatives ?Canada, India, the Philippines and Switzerland |