| Abstract: | The internal market for services, which are estimated to account for 60 to 70 per cent ofeconomic activity in the European Union, is still rife with legal and administrative barriersto cross-border trade. The problems involved in integrating national services marketsinto one large internal market are highlighted by the ongoing fierce controversy over theCommission’s proposed services directive. The following contributions discuss somepertinent issues.
*The article is based in part on a paper prepared for the World TradeForum 2004 in Berne (“The Single Undertaking After Cancun: Diversityand Variable Geometry in the World Trading System”). All referencesin the following are to the European Communities, reflecting itsmembership status in the WTO, rather than to the European Union.The views expressed are those of the author and cannot be attributedto the WTO Secretariat. |
