Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros 1 - Informe Uruguay

the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Negotiations in trade in
services should fully observe the objectives stipulated in the GATS– including the
Preamble, Article IV and Article XIX – as well as the development provisions of the
WTO Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services, including
in relation to effective multilateral commitments on services sectors and modes of
supply of export interest to developing countries. In this context, developing countries
underscore the importance to them of effective liberalization of temporary movement
of natural persons under Mode 4 of GATS.
Multilateral rule-making in services should be given attention, taking into account the
interests and concerns of developing countries. Negotiations on infrastructure
services should give due attention to the concerns of all countries, especially
developing countries, including in connection with the universal provision of essential
services.
Standards and technical regulations must be developed transparently and applied
nondiscriminatorily,and should not pose unnecessary obstacles to trade. Developing
countries should continue to be provided with technical assistance and capacitybuilding
support to meet standards effectively. In addition to difficulties in meeting
standards, the other challenges of market entry remain a key concern in developing
countries' efforts to enjoy effective market access, and, where
appropriate, these should be addressed adequately.
The use of unilateral actions that are inconsistent with WTO rules can have a
negative effect on efforts to move towards a truly non-discriminatory and open
system.
The outstanding implementation issues and concerns are a matter of utmost
importance to developing countries and should be addressed in a manner consistent
with the Doha Work Programme. In addition, further consideration should be given to
assisting developing countries in implementing multilateral trade agreements and
meeting adjustment and social costs.
Special and differential treatment (S&DT) provisions should be conceived as a
developmental tool addressing developing countries’ particular needs and reviewed
with a view to making them more precise, effective and operational, in order, inter
alia, to facilitate the beneficial and fuller integrationof developing countries into the
rules-based multilateral trading system. The work so far undertaken on agreementspecific
S&DT proposals, as well as cross-cutting issues, should be further pursued
to yield a meaningful and development-oriented outcome consistent with the
objectives set out in the Doha Declaration.
Expeditious progress is required to meet the key concerns of the LDCs, including
duty-free and quota-free market access on a secure and predictable basis for
products originating from LDCs by developed countries, and others are urged to
provide meaningful market access for LDCs consistent with the Doha Ministerial
Declaration; implementation of the Third United Nations LDC Conference
commitment on providing duty-free and quota-free access; assistance in addressing
difficulties faced in meeting rules of origin, as well as product and environmental
standards in preferential schemes; and enhancing technical and financial assistance
and capacity building generally.
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