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| Werle, Raymund. |
| Technical standards in telecommunications - the central focus of this paper - were traditionally developed by official government accredited or intergovernmental organizations. In the last two decades, however, private forums and consortia of standardization have evolved which initiated a shift from a predominantly technical to a business approach to standards-setting. The business perspective also guides the evaluation of standards in trade policy at the European and at the international level. In the EU and more so in the WTO regional and national diversity of standards is generally regarded as a barrier to trade. Thus harmonization of diverging standards and not standards competition - and/or the adoption of new international standards is stipulated.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Economic Order; Trade Negotiations; Technical Standards; Telecommunications; International Relations/Trade; FO2; F13; L96. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26265 |
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| Knorr, Andreas. |
| During the past two decades, international trade in telecommunication services has significantly intensified. What is more, an increasing number of telecommunications operators have begun to expand their activities beyond national borders through FDIs, joint ventures, and cooperation agreements. In this paper it is argued, however, that in spite of the rather successful efforts of late to liberalize the telecommunications sector (networks and services) at the regional (EU) and the global (WTO) level, much remains to be done to create and preserve a truly open and competitive worldwide telecommunications market. In den vergangenen beiden Jahrzehnten hat sich der internationale Handel mit Telekommunikationsdienstleistungen wesentlich intensiviert. Parallel... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International Economic Order; Trade Negotiations; Services Liberalisation; Telecommunications Services; International Relations/Trade; FO2; F13; L96. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26225 |
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