What's New at GSN
December 20 , 2010
- Conference Outlines Ideas for Moving Doha Round Services Negotiations Forward
- De Gucht Outlines EU Trade Policy Priorities
- Lamy calls on trade negotiators to "move out of their comfort zones towards agreement"
October 26 , 2010
Global Services Network Alert, September 28, 2010
Global Services Network Alert, September 2, 2010
- World Bank Releases Study on Service Sector Liberalization
- Conference on Enhancing Services Trade Data and Information
- Strong Slate of Government, Business Leaders to Address Global Services Summit 2010
Global Services Network Alert, July 26, 2010
- EU, US Business Groups Calls for Cooperation, Better Doha Offers
- Peterson Institute Study Estimates Doha Round Gains
- Register now: Global Services Summit: Washington DC, September 22
- University of Amsterdam and University of California, Berkeley, Course on 'Driving Strategic Service Innovation'
Global Services Network Alert, July 5, 2010: The Global Services Coalition today issued a letter to G-20 leaders, commending them on their commitments to completing Doha and avoiding protectionism. For a copy of the letter, click here.
Global Services Network Alert, June 10, 2010: Global Services Industries call on G20 Leaders to continue the fight against protectionism and conclude the WTO Doha Round. For a copy of the letter, click here.
Global Services Network Alert, June 7, 2010
- Save the date! Global Services Summit to be held on September 22, 2010
- APEC Trade Ministers Call for Doha Conclusion
- Peterson Institute Update: Trade Agenda for the G-20
- WTO Background Papers on Service Industries
Global Services Network Alert, May 25, 2010
- Ron Kirk to Address Global Services Summit 2010, September 22
- World Bank Paper on Service Revolution
- WTO updates and expands coverage of Services Profiles
Global Services Network Alert, May 17, 2010
- WTO Releases New Report on Preferential Trade Agreements with Services Provisions
- Save the Date: Global Services Summit 2010: Breaking the Deadlock on Services Trade and Investment, September 22
- Save the Date: Brazilian and Latin American Meeting on Research in Services, November 17-19
Global Services Network Alert, April 1, 2010
- WTO Projects 9.5% World Trade Expansion in 2010
- Lamy Statement to TNC Following Stocktaking Meetings
- USTR Releases Report on Trade Barriers
- Conference: What is the Future of Financial Services Liberalisation Post-Crisis? May 11, 2010
- SAVE THE DATE: 2010 Global Services Summit, September 22, Washington, DC
Global Services Network Alert, March 4, 2010
- Lamy Notes Decline of World Trade, Highlights Role of Trade in Job Creation
- USTR Releases 2010 U.S. Trade Policy Agenda
- U.S. Service Sector Grows at Fastest Pace in Two Years
- WTO Announces Committee Chairs for 2010
- Save the Date: "Conference Measuring and Enhancing Services Data and Information," September 14, 2010
- NYT Op-Ed on Services Exports: An Order of Prosperity, to Go
Global Services Network Alert, February 9, 2010
- World Economic Forum Discusses Global Outlook on Finance, Services and Media
- WTO Launches Forum for 2010 World Trade Report
- USCIB Conference on Cross Border Investment, March 10
New Statement Regarding Japan Post, December 4, 2009
Coalition of Service Industries sign on to International Statement regarding Japan Post. For a copy of the statement, click here.
Global Services Coalition Communique, October 14, 2009
In a communique issued at the close of the Global Services Summit on October 14, 2009, the Global Services Coalition called for positive action on trade to create jobs, growth, and development. For a copy of the communique, click here.
Global Services Summit Highlights
The highlights of the Global Services Summit are now available on the web. For a summary of the proceedings, copies of the rapporteurs' reports, videos and transcripts of the various sessions, press clippings, and other Summit materials, click here.
Global Services Network Alert, September 30, 2009:
- Colombian Minister Luis Guillermo Plata to participate in the Global Services Summit.
- Panamanian Minister of Commerce and Industry Roberto Henríquez to join Global Services Summit.
- Indian Trade Minister Anand Sharma to join Global Services Summit.
- Inter-American Development Bank President Moreno to speak at Summit.
Global Services Network Alert, July 9, 2009
- WTO Director-General Lamy to Speak
at Global Services Summit - WTO Issues Report on Trade Protectionism
- GMF Features New Transparency
Tool to Combat Protectionism - ITC Finds Strong U.S. Performance
in Global Services Trade
Global Services Network Alert, June 26, 2009
- OECD Ministerial Council Reaffirms
Commitment to Open Markets - World Trade to Fall Nearly 10% in 2009
- Global Services Summit, October 13-14, 2009,
Washington, DC
Global Services Network Alert, May 29, 2009
- Services in Doha: What's on the Table
- Deputy DGs to Remain, 7th Ministerial
Conference to be Held from Nov 30 - Dec 2 - Lamy: "Stress Test" of Multilateral Trading
System Still to Come
Global Services Network Alert, May 1, 2009
- Services Trade Demonstrates Resilience
Amid Economic Downturn - WTO Members Reappoint Lamy for a Second Term
- USTR Kirk Outlines US Trade Policy