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Negotiating
proposals outline issues such as the role of government, rationale/purpose
of trade liberalization; benefits of trade liberalizaton.
As
of 3 June 2002 the following countries had put forward negotiating
proposals regarding higher education:
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United States - 18 December 2000 (English
version and French version)
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New Zealand - 27 June 2001 (English
version and French
version)
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Australia - 1 October 2001 (English
version and French version)
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Japan - 15 March 2002 (English
version and French version)
More
links to more information:
The
Observatory on Borderless Higher Education provides the
report of Dr Jane Knight 'Trade
in Higher Education Services : the Implications of GATS'.
This report gives a very sound analysis of the negotiating proposals
from the United States, Australia and New Zealand. This
report is provided here, courtesy of the Observatory on Borderless
Higher Education. Further resources and information relating
to developments in borderless higher education are available
on the Observatory's website.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) provides a search
page for negotiating proposals (see under 'Education').
'The GATS Info - Point' is developed by the European Commission
Directorate General for Trade provides lists of GATS
commitments by sector and GATS
commitments by type of education.
More information on the negotiating proposals and trade
in higher education is available in other resources on this
site located on the 'Links'
section.
This
section is prepared in the framework of the Global
Forum on the International Dimensions of Quality Assurance,
Accreditation and the Recognition of Diplomas. It will be
regularly updated. Please send
us your suggestions.
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