Opening Markets for Foreign Skills: How Can the WTO Help? Lessons from the EU and Uganda's Regional Services Deals /

• Main Author: Kategekwa, Joy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Trade.; International Economic Law, Trade Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

The Mode 4 commitments of WTO Members are narrow and shallow.  Even though trade negotiations for enhanced Mode 4 access started well before the launch of the DDA- prospects for success are thin.  These negotiations followed a traditional mercantilist approach- with limited attention to the underlyi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Conceptual Issues
• The Economic Importance of Mode 4
• Character and Trends in Existing Mode 4 Commitments in the GATS
• A Case Study of the EU Schedule of Specific Commitments
• A Case Study of Uganda's Schedule of Specific Commitments on Mode 4 in the GATS
• Prospects for Change in the DDA.