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The Services Agenda
This study examines the proposal of the United States, and supported by Canada and the EC, that the trading nations should negotiate new international, multilateral rules to control restrictions on trade in services, including services provided by establishments, such as branches or subsidiaries of foreign controlled firms, as well as services sold across frontiers, such as computer services.
Concepts of Trade Diplomacy and Trade in Services
Since the early 1980s, governments have been discussing how to set about liberalizing international trade in services such as banking, insurance, civil aviation, shipping, data processing, construction, telecommunications, tourism and the professions. Hitherto, the liberalization of trade through successive 'rounds' of multilateral negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), through regional groupings and through bilateral arrangements has been concerned almost exclusively with trade in goods. Trying to extend the liberalizing process to trade in services came to a head in the Uruguay Round negotiations that got under way in Geneva in 1987. What gove...
Telecommunications Services and Regional Development
Research study on the impact of telecommunications on regional development, focusing on Atlantic Canada. A profile of the Atlantic economyand telecommunications sector, the theoretical framework and case studies oftelecommunications use at Fishery Products International of Newfoundland, Process Technology Ltd. in New Brunwick, Evans, Yeatman and Endal(Associates) Ltd. in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the education sector.
Canada and the European Community
This essay is based on part of a project which examines issues of Canadiantrade and foreign direct investment with special emphasis on theCanada-European Economic Community relationship.
The Changing Shape of Government in the Asia-Pacific Region
The seminar for which the papers in this publication were prepared was the first in a series of workshops intended to link senior public policy researchers from around the Pacific Rim in order to open up channels of communication through which researchers from Asia Pacific nations can exchange views on problems and reforms in the area of governance and public sector management. Paper titles include: The Changing Shape of Government in the Asia-Pacific Region; Korean Politics in a Period of Transition; The Unfinished Political Reforms of the Hong Kong Government; Demi-democracy: Thai Politics and Government in Transition; Government and Governance in Multi-Racial Malaysia; Controlled Democracy, Political Stability and PAP Predominance: Government in Singapore; Entrenched "Strong Man" Rule: The Governmental System in Bangladesh; Australian National Government, 1987; Toward More Effective Government in the US; and, Some Issues of Governance in Canada.
The Information Economy
This paper argues that growth in modern economies is inherently unbalanced because labour productivity grows at different rates in the different occupation sectors. It examines the relative shift within industries towards knowledge-based occupations. It also demonstrates that higher education does not imply higher individual earnings for those employed in the goods and personal services sector, but post-secondary education is strongly rewarded within the information economy. Finally, it discusses the educational policy, research and development and international trade issues raised by the pattern of unbalanced growth characteristic of the information economy.
Facing Reality
In this book, addressed primarily to business leaders, politicians, andpublic servants, the author speculates about the economic problems thatchanging international conditions appear to be creating; argues that existing policies no longer work and must be replaced with new ones basedon a new national consensus about economic goals; reviews the ways businessand government have worked together in the past to formuate economic strategies; and suggests ways the government can create a new consensus andthe prospects for its success in doing so.
Assessing the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
The implementation of the proposed agreement would remove many of the remaining barriers to commerce between Canada and the US, but there remain many details of the proposed Agreement and many potential consequences uncertain. This volume contains the proceedings of a conference that sought to provide a neutral forum to assess the implications for Canada. Analyses the elements of the Agreement, and the regional, sectoral and labour market adjustment issues and broader concerns with respect to cultural, economic and political sovereignty.
Trade Policy in the 1980s
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Getting Ready for 1999
Topics discussed in this paper include the primacy of political parties; reforming the political process; true representation; a fuller economy; reviving the market; better taxation; preventing poverty; scope and space for people; and strengthening structures.
