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What's New
July 13, 2006: Press Release: Global Services Coalition Urges Leaders to Unlock the Doha Round
July 5, 2006: Global Services Network Alert:
Study Cites Worldwide Gain of $1.7 Trillion from Services Trade Liberalization
June 23, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: Lamy: Draft Modalities Announce the Beginning of a Marathon; and more...
May 26, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: USTR-Designate Discusses Services in Confirmation Hearing; and more...
May 4, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: Portman, Vaile Release Joint Statement on Prospects for a Successful Doha Round Outcome; and more...
April 29, 2006: Global Services Coalition Expresses Frustration Over Missed WTO Deadline; Rejects Lowering of Ambition in Doha Round
April 14, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: World Trade in Services Grew by 11% in 2005; and more...
March 31, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: Lamy: “The Moment of Truth is Fast Approaching”; and more...
March 16, 2006: WTO Members Put Forward Plurilateral Services Requests
February 24, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: Mandelson, Portman, Discuss EU-US Cooperation in Advancing Doha Round; and more...
February 2, 2006: Special Report: "WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration Sustains Doha Round, Greater Risk and Opportunity Ahead in 2006"
January 31, 2006: Global Services Network Alert: Poll Shows Pessimism on Doha Round Talks; and more...
December 18, 2005: Global Services Coalition declares WTO Declaration as a "Useful Springboard" for Doha Round Services talks and urges governments to be ambitious and move quickly into negotiating mode early in 2006
December 16, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: Global Services Industries Support Ambitious Services Text, Broad Coalition Opposes Weakening Existing Text
December 7, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: WTO Releases Revised Ministerial Text; and more...
November 30, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: Lamy Releases Draft Hong Kong Ministerial Text; and more...
November 16, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: "Recalibration" Necessary for Hong Kong Ministerial; and more...
November 3, 2005: Second Draft Hong Kong Services Text Released
November 2, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: EU Submits Revised Offer on Agriculture; and more...
October 11, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: US, EU Submit WTO Agricultural Reform Proposals; and more...
September 28, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: Global Services Leaders Urge a Realignment of Priorities in The Doha Round
September 24, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: Services Core Group to be Formed; and more...
August, 31, 2005: Journal of World Trade - Services in a Development Round: Three Goals and Three Proposals
August 16, 2005: Special Report: Will Hong Kong Become Another 'Seattle'?
August 4, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: WTO General Council Meeting Outcomes & Services Report; and more...
July 18, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: Mini-Ministerial Fails to Agree on Steps to Advance Services; and more...
June 29, 2005: WTO Services Negotiations in Crisis
June 24, 2005: Congressional Letter to Portman
June 8, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: Revised Services Offers; and more...
May 18, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: CSI Proposes Plan for Advancing Doha Round Services Negotiations; and more...
April 26, 2005:Global Services Network Alert: Nomination Statement by Robert Portman; and more...
April 14, 2005:Global Services Network Alert: Annual Trade Barriers Report; and more...
February 25, 2005:Global Services Network Alert: Joint Statements on Financial and Logistical Services; and more...
February 10, 2005: FLG Calls for Further Financial Services Liberalization
January 27, 2005: Global Services Network Alert: EU tables revised WTO services requests; and more...
December 2, 2004: Global Services Network Alert: Quad Group, Others Call for Progress in Services Talks; Speech by EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson; and more...
November 24, 2004: ABAC Urges APEC Leaders to Advance WTO Services Negotiations, Cites Global Services Coalition Paper; APEC Trade Ministers Reaffirm Commitment to Successful Doha Round; World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects Report Examines Services and Investment in services in RTAs; and more...
November 11, 2004: Report: WTO Members Resume Technical Negotiations and Set Date for HK Ministerial; Possible Leadership Struggle Ahead; China WTO Implementation Having Positive Impact, but Problems Remain; and more...
October 26, 2004: WTO: World Trade Expected to Grow 8.5% in 2004; Council for Trade in Services Special Session: Report by the Chairman to the TNC; Managing the movement of People: what can be learned for Mode 4 of the GATS? and more...
October 6, 2004: WTO Deputy Director-General Calls on Industry to Continue Pressure for Services Liberalization.
September 27, 2004: UNCTAD Foreign Direct Investment Report Shows FDI Increasingly Shifting Toward Services; Putting GATS back on Track; and more...
September 16, 2004: GSN Members' Input Sought for New Poll on China's WTO Implementation Progress; WTO Releases Annual World Trade Report; and more...
August 1, 2004: WTO Members Approve Framework Agreements Allowing Doha Round to Move Forward.
July 30, 2004: Second WTO Draft General Council Text on Doha Agenda Released.
July 23, 2004: Global Services Coalition Urges Equal Treatment for Services in Oshima Text; Significance of Efficient Financial Services for the Future of Japan's Economy; Recent Trends in US Services Trade; and more...
July 16, 2004: WTO General Council Releases First Draft of Chairman's Report.
June 25, 2004: Global Services Organizations Issue Open Letter to WTO Director-General.
June 7, 2004: WTO D-G Commends Negotiators, Urges More Progress; Temporary Movement of Labor Fuels GATS Debate; APEC Trade Ministers Urge Progress in Doha Negotiations; New Paper on Subsidies, Services and Sustainable Development; and more...
May 25, 2004: FTAA Co-Chairs Meeting; Dr. Supachai Welcomes "encouraging political signals" for Doha Progress; Address to the WTO General Council By Anne Krueger, Acting Managing Director, IMF; and more...
May 12, 2004: WTO Poll Results from the Institute for International Business, Economics and Law, University of Adelaide; EU Commissioners Letter to WTO Members; Dr. Supachai Underlines Importance of Doha Progress for LDCs; and more...
April 23, 2004: World Bank Services Negotiations Seminar; Services Session Report to TNC; WTO Workshop on domestic regulation; and more...
April 9, 2004: Global Services Exports Up 12% in 2003; Managing Request-Offer Negotiations Under the GATS: The Cases of Insurance Services and Energy Services; and more...
April 1, 2004: Global Services Coalition Calls for Re-engagement by Governments in WTO Services Talks.
March 30, 2004: AEI Studies on Services Trade Negotiations; rade Advisory Groups Report on U.S. FTAs with Australia and CAFTA; and more....
March 13, 2004: Global services delegation to visit Geneva; Outsourcing: Meeting the Challenges Without Destroying the Benefits; Pre-empting Protectionism in Services: The GATS and Outsourcing; and more...
February 13, 2004: Services Trade is Growing Faster Than Goods Trade; China's Compliance with WTO Commitments in Trade in Services Sectors; Zoellick Embarks on Global Push to Make Strong Progress in 2004 on the Doha Trade Negotiations; and more....
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