Uruguay Round: last lap - last chance
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The Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks is critical to the accountancy profession. It is in this final round of GATT talks that the revised proposal for a General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), among many other areas of trade, will be negotiated. GATS contains several provisions for the liberalization of world trade in services, but does not address some international trade issues concerning several professions, including accountancy. Thus, the accountancy profession must monitor and influence the Uruguay Round of talks to ensure that its interests are properly taken account of. The FEE can help by acting as a link between the accountancy profession and the European Community representatives to the Uruguay Round.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1992
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Uruguay - breakdown or breakthrough?
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The Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is threatening to break down over disagreements in the area of agriculture. A breakdown in GATT talks would be unfortunate for the accounting profession since a successful GATT agreement held out the promise of an international liberalization of restrictions on professionals doing business in other countries, including those on international payments, discriminatory tax treatment of non-resident professionals, and the lack of copyright and trademark protection. Although the GATT talks lacked a specific codicil affecting the accounting profession, negotiations promised a mutual recognition of credentials that would have facilitated cross-border provision of professional services.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1991
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Give us protection, not protectionism
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The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is being updated in a series of talks that includes negotiation to liberalize the international trade in services. Traditionally GATT has been a multilateral agreement concerned with liberalizing the trade of goods and reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade. The Economic Community and the US support the talks, but there has been initial resistance to liberalizing services from the developing countries. Negotiations have been hampered by a lack of statistics. The negotiations acknowledge the fact that professional services, such as accounting are international and must be internationally coordinated and regulated.
Publication Name: Accountancy
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0001-4664
Year: 1989
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