WTO SERVICES ROUND
May 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLMEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the EU, USA, Venezuela and Canada for the dismantling of national bureaucratic barriers that can prevent oil and gas companies from working effectively around the world.Their detailed suggestions were made in the ongoing WTO services round, which has reached the end of its first stage. Diplomats will now begin a year-long examination of proposals, before making formal offers to liberalise their service industries, including the energy sector.Obstacles ...
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