Assessment of Trade in Services

The following communication, dated 17 February 2004, from the Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu is being circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services.
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I.INTRODUCTION
1.This submission has been prepared by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu as our contribution to discussions on “an assessment of trade in services in overall terms and on a sectoral basis with reference to the objectives of this Agreement” pursuant to Article XIX:3 of the GATS under the Council for Trade in Services Special Session and for the reference of other WTO Members only.
2.The paper starts by touching briefly on the liberalization of trade in services in the pursuit of our broad economic interests, then moves on to elaborate specifically on our progress in telecommunications liberalization and how the results have affected the overall expansion of our trade in services. The paper concludes by drawing on the lessons learnt to arrive at implications for our trade in services in general, and telecommunications services in particular.
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II.DEVELOPMENT AND LIBERALIZATION OF OUR SERVICE INDUSTRIES
III.CASE STUDY:TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIBERALIZATION
IV.CONCLUSIONS