Seminar report Services Seminar - TRTA i
Seminar report Services Seminar - TRTA i
Seminar report Services Seminar - TRTA i
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Presentation<br />
Challenges for business in <strong>Services</strong> negotiations<br />
Business challenges<br />
EC Trade Related Technical Assistance<br />
Programme for Pakistan in <strong>Services</strong><br />
“Challenges for Business in<br />
<strong>Services</strong> Negotiations”<br />
• Awareness of the nature of the services<br />
economy<br />
• Identification of trade in services impediments<br />
• Articulation of interests<br />
• Implementation<br />
May 31, 2005<br />
Karachi, Pakistan<br />
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Nature of the <strong>Services</strong> economy<br />
Pakistan exports 2003<br />
• Size, scope, growth, employment<br />
• Value of telecom infrastructure<br />
• <strong>Services</strong> relationship to commodity, agriculture,<br />
textile production<br />
• Nature of services impediments<br />
• Transparency in domestic regulation<br />
Manufactures<br />
76%<br />
Other commercial<br />
TransportationTravel<br />
services<br />
6% 1%<br />
4%<br />
Agricultural products<br />
11%<br />
Mining products<br />
2%<br />
Other Commercial <strong>Services</strong>:<br />
Communication<br />
Construction<br />
Ins uranc e<br />
Financial<br />
Computer<br />
Info rma tio n<br />
Other business<br />
Cultural & recreational<br />
Royalties & license fees<br />
3<br />
4<br />
Pakistan trade in services 1999-2003<br />
(Exports)<br />
900<br />
800<br />
Transportation<br />
700<br />
Travel<br />
600<br />
Other commercial services<br />
500<br />
400<br />
Other Commercial <strong>Services</strong>:<br />
Communication<br />
300<br />
Construction<br />
Insurance<br />
200<br />
Financial<br />
Computer<br />
100<br />
Information<br />
Other business<br />
0<br />
Cultural &recreational<br />
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003<br />
Royalties and license fees<br />
Source: WTO Trade <strong>Services</strong> database<br />
5<br />
Telecommunications as the conduit for<br />
international services trade …<br />
• Access to foreign markets<br />
• Means to find, market, and service foreign<br />
customers<br />
• Quality, cost, access determinants of competitive<br />
position<br />
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