New York Law School to Host Lecture on Trade in Services in the Doha Round

MEDIA ADVISORY:

DATE:
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

EVENT: 
C.V. Starr Lecture: Trade in Services in the Doha Round

TIME: 
4:30–6:00 p.m.

DESCRIPTION:         
Global trade negotiations that began in Doha, Qatar, known as the Doha Round, are being held under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), and are the ninth round of global trade talks held since 1945. One area of negotiations that has been viewed with both promise and concern is “services,” which includes telecommunications, transportation, banking, insurance, engineering, architecture, education, accounting, and legal practice. In the last four years, although participants in the Doha Round have been exchanging requests to gain market access in each other’s services sectors, fewer than half of all WTO member nations have submitted initial offers to open particular sectors to other members.

Christine Bliss, acting assistant United States trade representative (USTR) for services and investment, will discuss the status of services in the Doha Round, the problems and controversies that have been encountered, and the feasibility of concluding the negotiations by the end of this year.

PRESENTED BY: 
New York Law School’s Center for International Law

LOCATION:
Wellington Conference Center 
New York Law School 
47 Worth Street 
New York, N.Y. 10013
(between Church Street and West Broadway)

DIRECTIONS: 
Via Subway: 1 to Franklin Street; 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street

CONTACT: 
Edith Sachs, Office of Public Affairs, New York Law School, 212.431.2187 or esachs@nyls.edu

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