AUSTRALIA WTO
October 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE AUSTRALIAN government has issued the most comprehensive formal proposal favouring the liberalisation of the shipping industry yet made in the ongoing World Trade Organisation round on services.Its paper said: "Significant barriers to trade and investment in maritime transport services still exist in many member economies. Negotiations should, therefore, aim to achieve progressively higher levels of liberalisation in the subsector."The proposal follows the tabling of more restricted documents at the talks by South Korea alone and jointly with ...
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