Case Studies

Belize and Costa Rica made modest commitments in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) at the Uruguay Round and the Fourth (Telecommunications) and Fifth (Finance) protocols negotiated thereafter in 1997. Costa Rica’s commitments reflect status quo bindings of market liberalization, Belize’s commitments reflect less than that. This is not surprising: most developing countries used the provisions of GATS to commit a few sectors at levels which were already open and to the extent allowed by their domestic policy contexts.

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Telecommunications liberalization is a deliberate process in Barbados that offers insight into how economies participate in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and handle the global market. This case study will examine telecommunications liberalization in Barbados as a reflection of its participation in the multilateral trading system and as a response to consumer and market demand.

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Miles, a very popular Bangladeshi music band has accused music director Anu Malik, a music-mogul of the Mumbai movie world, of committing pure piracy of one of its original compositions.

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The commitments undertaken by Argentina in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) appear generous when compared with those of other Latin American countries. Based on this finding this case study tries to identify the main factors that shaped Argentina’s services offer under GATS. Although the complexity, extension and coverage of GATS lists makes it very unlikely that one single factor can account for the content of a national offer, our research suggests that the government’s desire to ‘lock in’ domestic policy reforms at a time of profound economic change was a major factor shaping the offer’s content.

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A dispute between Argentina and Chile over variable levies for edible vegetable oils is a case in point.

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Nilaratna Xuto* * International Institute for Trade and Development, Bangkok Tuna is arguably one of the most well-known and abundant of fish, found in large quantities at supermarkets and convenience stores around the world. It is such a popular sight in its canned form that one may have even dissociated it from its origins as a fish, until reminded of the amusing slogan-cum-brand, ‘chicken of the sea’. As such, it is safe to say that tuna enjoys as much popularity among consumers as the humble and ubiquitous chicken.

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Amir Muhammed and Wajid H. Pirzada* I. The problem in context   

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Victory in Principle: Pakistan’s Dispute Settlement Case on Combed Cotton Yarn Exports to the United States Turab Hussain* * Lecturer, Department of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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  Junsok Yang* I. The problem in context   

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