The SADC Trade in Services Agenda – Overview and State of Play SADC Workshop on Trade in Services The Hyatt, 12-13 June 2012

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The SADC Trade in Services Agenda – Overview and State of Play SADC Workshop on Trade in Services The Hyatt, June 2012

2 Services Sector in SADC Economies (% of GDP, 2007) Source: WDI, World Bank; Eurostat

Sub-sectors No. of Members (LDCs in brackets) List of WTO Members 20 or less44(21)Angola, Bahrain, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia (6)Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Cote D’Ivoire, Djibouti, Dominica, El Salvador, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Kenya, Macao, Mongolia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zimbabwe Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cuba, India, Morocco, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, UAE Brazil, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Egypt, Hong Kong (China), Israel, Jamaica, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Panama, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Venezuela (1)Argentina, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Lesotho, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey (1)Albania, Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Gambia, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand 121 and more 29Colombia, Croatia, EC (15), Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Norway, USA GATS Commitments of SADC Members

Liberalization of Trade in Services in SADC Work on Trade in Services started in 2000 with the development of a framework agreement The “Protocol on Trade in Services” was adopted by Ministers of Trade in July 2009 Approval by Council, and Signature to follow after consideration by Ministers of Justice Several other SADC Protocols address issues related to trade in Services – Finance and Investment (M3) – Draft Protocol on Movement of Persons (M4) – Sector-specific Protocols (e.g. covering transport, Communications, finance etc.)

SADC Trade in Services Protocol Substantive disciplines of Protocol modeled upon the GATS (MA, NT, Transparency, Domestic Regulation, etc.) Negotiations on six priority sectors (communication, construction, energy-related, finance, tourism, transport) commenced in April 2012

SADC - First Round of negotiations 1.Objective for first round of negotiations: – Each Member State will provide better treatment to SADC MS in each priority sector than is provided in their GATS schedule – No new restrictions to be introduced during the negotiations (“standstill”) Plus: GATS Article V Substantial sectoral coverage (~ 6 sectors) And elimination of substantially all discrimination (~better than GATS commitments sufficient(?))

Timelines for first round of Negotiations end August 2012 First phase: requests and offers April 2012 Requests in at least 2 sectors end November 2012 Offers in at least 2 sectors end March 2013 Requests in at least 2 sectors end June 2013 Offers in at least 2 sectors Beginning of Negotiations Sector focus in the first phase: 1)Communication Services 2)Financial Services 3)Transport Services 4)Tourism Services Sector focus in the first phase: 1)Communication Services 2)Financial Services 3)Transport Services 4)Tourism Services

Timelines for first round of negotiations (ctd) -> Energy-related and Construction Services Requests: end August 2013 Offers: End November 2013 Additional Elements: -Sector Studies (market analysis in all MS) -Sector Fora (bringing regional stakeholders together) -Transport ~ September Communication ~ October 2012