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« The voice of the European Service Industries for International Trade Negotiations in Services » MULTILATERAL versus NEW EU BILATERAL TRADE POLICY WTO UR (1995 1997) DDA Offers (July 2008) WTO Accessions since 2001 US FTA + New EU FTAs China Taiwan Saudi-Arabia Vietnam Ukraine Russia (?) Kazakhstan (?) CariForum (15) Korea Columbia Peru Central America (6) Mercosur (4)(?) MultilateralBilateral Canada Singapore India Ukraine Indonesia (?) Japan (?) Etc… Market Acc + Public Proc.+ IPR + BIT + SOE + Reg. Coop. + US Parity Market Acc + Public Proc + Mode 4 + DDA+ Old EU FTA Mexico Chile Only 30 Countries, not 153 WTO Members! Market access level
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« The voice of the European Service Industries for International Trade Negotiations in Services » 1.Argentina 2.Australia 3.Bangladesh 4.Brazil 5.Canada 6.Chile 7.China 8.EU (Com + FR Presidency 9.Egypt (EuroMed) 10.Hong Kong, China 11.India 12.Indonesia 13.Japan 14.Korea 15.Lesotho (EPA) 16.Malaysia 17.Mauritius (EPA) 18.Mexico 19.Morocco (Euromed) 20.New Zealand 21.Pakistan 22.Philippines 23.Singapore 24.South Africa (EPA) 25.Switzerland 26.Chinese Taipei 27.Thailand 28.Turkey 29.United States 30.Uruguay C OUNTRIES THAT PARTICIPATED TO THE WTO S ERVICES S IGNALLING C ONFERENCE IN J ULY 2008 Only 8 countries are not negotiating bilateral agreements with the EU!
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« The voice of the European Service Industries for International Trade Negotiations in Services » EU B ILATERAL T RADE P OLICY STATE OF PLAY OF NEGOTIATIONS – O CTOBER 2011 EU: Implemented FTA: (18)Concluded FTA: EPAs with ACP: FTA under negotiations: “Scoping Exercise”: (9) (12) (27) (10)(54)
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« The voice of the European Service Industries for International Trade Negotiations in Services » What is the ESF position (s)? Continue to push for DDA? (Single undertaking with trade-off deals) In favour of a Plurilateral in Services? On MFN basis? (Free riders? Critical mass?) On non-MFN basis? In favour of sector specific plurilateral? IDEA? ICT sector = All related issues: tariffs, NTBs, telecom and computer related services, investment, IPR, Public Procurement? Financial services? Maritime services? Continue to support ambitious deep and comprehensive FTAs with countries of the willing Japan? ASEAN? … Russia? …. USA?
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