Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Dispute settlement between developing countries: Argentina and Chilean price bands
- 2 Argentina and GATS: a study of the domestic determinants of GATS commitments
- 3 Rock ‘n’ roll in Bangladesh:protecting intellectual property rights in music
- 4 Barbados: telecommunications liberalization
- 5 Services commitments: case studies from Belize and Costa Rica
- 6 Inter-agency policy co-ordination in Botswana
- 7 Brazil and the G20 group of developing countries
- 8 Cambodia's accession to the WTO: ‘fast track’ accession by a least developed country
- 9 Canada and the WTO: multilevel governance, public policy-making and the WTO Auto Pact Case
- 10 The SPS Agreement and crisis management: the Chile–EU avian influenza experience
- 11 Shanghai's WTO Affairs Consultation Center: working together to take advantage of WTO membership
- 12 Costa Rica's challenge to US restrictions on the import of underwear
- 13 Fiji: preparing for the end of preferences?
- 14 The road to Cancún: the French decision-making process and WTO negotiations
- 15 Decision-making processes in India: the case of the agriculture negotiations
- 16 Protecting the geographical indication for Darjeeling tea
- 17 The Indian shrimp industry organizes to fight the threat of anti-dumping action
- 18 Indonesia's shrimp exports: meeting the challenge of quality standards
- 19 Patents, parallel importation and compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS drugs: the experience of Kenya
- 20 Kenya's participation in the WTO: lessons learned
- 21 Learning by doing: the impact of a trade remedy case in Korea
- 22 Laos: the textile and garment industry in the post-ATC era
- 23 Malawi in the multilateral trading system
- 24 Malaysia: labelling regulations on natural rubber condoms and the WTO TBT Agreement
- 25 Malaysia: strategies for the liberalization of the services sector
- 26 Mauritius: co-operation in an economy evolving for the future
- 27 How regional economic communities can facilitate participation in the WTO: the experience of Mauritius and Zambia
- 28 Mexico's agricultural trade policies: international commitments and domestic pressure
- 29 Mongolia's WTO accession: expectations and realities of WTO membership
- 30 Nepal: the role of an NGO in support of accession
- 31 Nepal: exports of ayurvedic herbal remedies and SPS issues
- 32 Import prohibition as a trade policy instrument: the Nigerian experience
- 33 The Pacific island nations: towards shared representation
- 34 Victory in principle: Pakistan's dispute settlement case on combed cotton yarn exports to the United States
- 35 Pakistan: the consequences of a change in the EC rice regime
- 36 Philippines: stakeholder participation in agricultural policy formation
- 37 Philippines: adopting the transaction basis for customs valuation
- 38 The reform of South Africa's anti-dumping regime
- 39 The impact of GATS on telecommunications competition in Sri Lanka
- 40 Thailand: conciliating a dispute on tuna exports to the EC
- 41 Uganda's participation in WTO negotiations: institutional challenges
- 42 Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges
- 43 Vanuatu's suspended accession bid: second thoughts?
- 44 Public and private participation in agricultural negotiations: the experience of Venezuela
- 45 Preparation by Vietnam's banking sector for WTO accession
- Index
42 - Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Dispute settlement between developing countries: Argentina and Chilean price bands
- 2 Argentina and GATS: a study of the domestic determinants of GATS commitments
- 3 Rock ‘n’ roll in Bangladesh:protecting intellectual property rights in music
- 4 Barbados: telecommunications liberalization
- 5 Services commitments: case studies from Belize and Costa Rica
- 6 Inter-agency policy co-ordination in Botswana
- 7 Brazil and the G20 group of developing countries
- 8 Cambodia's accession to the WTO: ‘fast track’ accession by a least developed country
- 9 Canada and the WTO: multilevel governance, public policy-making and the WTO Auto Pact Case
- 10 The SPS Agreement and crisis management: the Chile–EU avian influenza experience
- 11 Shanghai's WTO Affairs Consultation Center: working together to take advantage of WTO membership
- 12 Costa Rica's challenge to US restrictions on the import of underwear
- 13 Fiji: preparing for the end of preferences?
- 14 The road to Cancún: the French decision-making process and WTO negotiations
- 15 Decision-making processes in India: the case of the agriculture negotiations
- 16 Protecting the geographical indication for Darjeeling tea
- 17 The Indian shrimp industry organizes to fight the threat of anti-dumping action
- 18 Indonesia's shrimp exports: meeting the challenge of quality standards
- 19 Patents, parallel importation and compulsory licensing of HIV/AIDS drugs: the experience of Kenya
- 20 Kenya's participation in the WTO: lessons learned
- 21 Learning by doing: the impact of a trade remedy case in Korea
- 22 Laos: the textile and garment industry in the post-ATC era
- 23 Malawi in the multilateral trading system
- 24 Malaysia: labelling regulations on natural rubber condoms and the WTO TBT Agreement
- 25 Malaysia: strategies for the liberalization of the services sector
- 26 Mauritius: co-operation in an economy evolving for the future
- 27 How regional economic communities can facilitate participation in the WTO: the experience of Mauritius and Zambia
- 28 Mexico's agricultural trade policies: international commitments and domestic pressure
- 29 Mongolia's WTO accession: expectations and realities of WTO membership
- 30 Nepal: the role of an NGO in support of accession
- 31 Nepal: exports of ayurvedic herbal remedies and SPS issues
- 32 Import prohibition as a trade policy instrument: the Nigerian experience
- 33 The Pacific island nations: towards shared representation
- 34 Victory in principle: Pakistan's dispute settlement case on combed cotton yarn exports to the United States
- 35 Pakistan: the consequences of a change in the EC rice regime
- 36 Philippines: stakeholder participation in agricultural policy formation
- 37 Philippines: adopting the transaction basis for customs valuation
- 38 The reform of South Africa's anti-dumping regime
- 39 The impact of GATS on telecommunications competition in Sri Lanka
- 40 Thailand: conciliating a dispute on tuna exports to the EC
- 41 Uganda's participation in WTO negotiations: institutional challenges
- 42 Uruguay in the services negotiations: strategy and challenges
- 43 Vanuatu's suspended accession bid: second thoughts?
- 44 Public and private participation in agricultural negotiations: the experience of Venezuela
- 45 Preparation by Vietnam's banking sector for WTO accession
- Index
Summary
The problem in context
Uruguay is a small South American country lying between Brazil and Argentina. In relation to the rest of the continent, it is a small country with a land surface of approximately 176,000 sq km; it is also small in demographic terms – its population is only 3 million – and in economic terms – gross domestic product (GDP) in 1998 was around US$23 billion. However, Uruguayan society enjoys high social integration and low levels of inequality.
As in other countries, the services sector represents two-thirds of employment and about 60% of GDP. During the 1990s the sector was an engine for national exports and its share in the total volume of exports increased threefold. Uruguay is a net exporter of commercial services (travel, transport and ‘other commercial services’), which account for 34% of global exports (the average for Latin American countries is 20%). Those classified under ‘other services’, including communications, construction, financial intermediation, business services, information technology-related services, as well as royalties and property rights, have been the most dynamic.
The international expansion of the services sector seems to be a promising alternative to the exploitation of the country's natural resources. Yet the small size of its domestic market poses a challenge to efforts to liberalize the sector. Deregulation should be followed by re-regulation in order to ensure the effective operation of competition in the domestic market. The decision-making process needs to be founded on a sound basis (with good regulatory frameworks and appropriate institutions), with appropriate evaluations of risks and opportunities.
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- Managing the Challenges of WTO Participation45 Case Studies, pp. 577 - 589Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005