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"Again in July we saw the failure of another attempt to conclude the ‘Doha Round’, which aims to take trade liberalisation a step forward, and Parliament is already seeking to approve an own-initiative report which strives to such a sickening extent for the worldwide liberalisation of trade in services either within the WTO or through bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries promoted by the EU
What we have here is an authentic primer laying out the road towards liberalisation of all services, including public services, which it dubs ‘public and general interest needs’.
Among other examples, it aims for greater liberalisation of health care, water distribution, education, cultural services, tourism or financial services.
The report takes the trouble to explain that ‘the principles of GATS do not prohibit either privatisation or deregulation’ and stipulate that after the entry into force of the WTO Agreement, periodic negotiation rounds should be held ‘with a view to achieving a progressively higher level of liberalisation’…
With the objective of breaking the current ‘deadlock’ in the WTO, it insists on and welcomes new initiatives – such as the ‘signalling conference’ – which aim to make an agreement possible in the near future.
Big business in Europe could not write it any better themselves…"@en1
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