From: Ray Saner
saneryiu@csend.org
If you would like a PDF copy of my new article on GATS/ES which just got
published send me a note to
saneryiu@csend.org .
Negotiating Trade in Educational Services within the WTO/GATS context
Raymond Saner and Sylvie Fasel
Aussenwirtschaft, 59. Jahrgang (2003), Heft II, Zürich: Rüegger, S. 275308
Trade in Educational Services (ES) is affecting the interests of many
countries in trade, economics, education and culture resulting in heated
debates between government representatives, private sector investors,
teacher unions and student associations on how to approach liberalisation of
this sector, if at all. What ever the approach, an agreement on GATS/ES
should be sufficiently flexible to safeguard the multi-functional nature of
education, as well as the different needs of developing countries education
without falling into the trap of managed trade nor succumbing to
short-term myopic protectionism. The authors describe the complexities of
the WTO/GATS negotiations on trade in educational services and outline ways
on how negotiations of GATS/ES could be successfully completed within the
timeframe of the Doha Round.
all the best wishes
Raymond Saner
saneryiu@csend.org
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