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The WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications: a reevaluation

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This paper discusses the benefits and the weaknesses of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Basic Telecommunications. The Agreement is aimed at opening national telecommunications services markets to foreign competitors as well as setting rules to ensure fair competition. Previous assessment of the Agreement raised three main shortcomings: the limited scope of liberalization created by the Agreement, the lack of precision of the regulatory principles of the Reference Paper and the weaknesses of the sectoral approach in comparison with a more horizontal approach to competition policy and domestic regulation. This paper challenges these views and emphasizes the importance of the Agreement and the Reference Paper on regulatory principles in particular.

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  • Blouin, Chantal, 2000. "The WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications: a reevaluation," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 135-142, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:24:y:2000:i:2:p:135-142
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    1. Werle, Raymund, 2001. "Standards in the international telecommunications regime," HWWA Discussion Papers 157, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA).
    2. Quamrul Alam & Mohammad Abu Yusuf & Ken Coghill, 2010. "Unilateral liberalisation and WTO GATS commitments: the telecommunications sector in selected countries," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 24(1), pages 43-64, May.
    3. Werle, Raymund, 2001. "Standards in the International Telecommunications Regime," Discussion Paper Series 26265, Hamburg Institute of International Economics.

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