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Telecommunication Regulation Of Thailand And Its Commitments Of Progressive Liberalization To Wto, Piyabutr Bunaramrueang

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Domestic regulation of telecommunication services sector is a part of the obligations and specific commitments under the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) of WTO. Reference paper is the instrument that includes a set of the regulatory disciplines resulted from the negotiations, and based on the principles of objective, transparent and non-discriminatory manner. Thailand, as a participant of the negotiations, has undertaken those disciplines with few modifications as additional commitments; however, the modifications are not objective comparing to those of other participants. Nonetheless, it is a possibility that Thailand might undertake the Reference Paper eventually as a whole. To …