Slide 18
New challenges lie ahead
The past has shown how difficult setting the rules for trade has been.
It has also shown what can be achieved, and this will be important for
the future.
Already, in 1997, three new agreements were reached at the WTOs headquarters
in Geneva (pictured here), to liberalize trade in telecommunications services,
information technology products, and financial services.
Already on the horizon are new talks in areas such as agriculture and
services. Resuming negotiations in these subjects is a commitment in the
present WTO agreements.
Who knows, perhaps the turn of the century will bring the first WTO
trade round; perhaps in an increasingly complex world, trade negotiations
will take a different form. It is already clear that there will be plenty
to talk about.
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