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A Faustian Bargain: Creating A Successful Agreement In The Wto Negotiations On Trade In Maritime Services, Rod Sullivan

Rod Sullivan

The WTO has struggled for over a decade to lower trade barriers in services, but few areas have proven as difficult as those barriers which exist in field of the carriage of goods by sea. Ships and shipping are emotional issues, filled with concerns about national pride, national self-sufficiency, and the need for national defense. In just the past few months, the European Community has taken a major step toward free trade by eliminating the liner conference system, a system of cargo and ocean traffic regulation which has been in place for over a century and a half. This change …