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This is an update of Edward Sussex's paper on Local and Regional Reaction to GATS and Similar Trade Rules.

the EU has recently tabled a non-paper on benchmarking in GATS. The response from 'Brazil' is NOT a formal Brazilian response but is apparently a view shared by many other delegations.

An assessment of the current agriculture negotiations by Tim Groser

The United States yesterday presented some ideas for a new work plan to speed the pace of the Doha Development Agenda services negotiations

An ambitious American plan for a hemisphere-wide trade pact is mired in disputes that have led to widespread skepticism about its chances of ever materializing.

It is still not clear what exactly the proponents of 'benchmarking' are proposing. However, many developing countries have been sceptical about the concept, believingthat it is being used as an instrument to oblige them to open up more of their servicessectors and in more ways than they would otherwise like.(M.Khor)

This is the June 27, 2005 issue of Geneva Update, titled 'Formula one Racing: Who's going to win the Grand Prix?'

A 'brain-storming' session on Friday among nine key members of the World Trade Organization to set quantitative benchmarks in the sluggish Doha Development Agenda services negotiations has failed to bring about convergence

June 2005 issue of Focus on Trade

More than 160 civil society organizations from around the world sent a letter to WTO ambassadors in Geneva Thursday expressing their deep concerns regarding the current round of negotiations on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which is part of the 'single undertaking'under the July 2004 Framework