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Author Date and source Quotes
Managing Director of the European Services Forum, Pascal Kerneis 22 May 2001

Speech at an International Conference organised by the Forum of Environment and Development

 " GATS is about freedom of the WTO members to make commitments or not. That is a major message which should be repeated here. When numerous governments accepted to make a commitment in more than 34 areas during the last Uruguay round, it is because they felt that their country and their economy would be able to take advantage of this liberalisation. And this indeed has been the case. One should again and again repeat that under GATS, it is only the governments of each WTO member country that decide on which services they want to make a commitment and can attach to them whatever conditions they choose. All WTO members which have, either in their official schedule of commitments during the last services negotiations or by autonomous internal decision, decided to liberalise some of their services sectors will recognise that they have benefited from it."
Joint Statement U.S., European and Japanese Service Industries 10 May 2001

European Services Forum Press Release

 " If barriers to trade in goods and services were completely eliminated, world economic welfare would increase an additional $1.9 trillion, benefiting developed and developing countries alike. A broader WTO Round should be able to reduce barriers to trade in goods and services by one-third, which would still add approximately $613 billion to the world economy." 
South Africa President, Nelson Mandela May 1998

Speech at the Summit to mark the 50th Anniversary of the GATT/WTO multilateral trading system

" We are firmly of the belief that the existence of the GATT, and now the World Trade Organization, as a rules-based system provides the foundation on which our deliberations can build in order to improve[…] As we enter the new millennium, let us forge a partnership for development through trade and investment."
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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