1. As noted before, at least the preparatory stages of the current Round were used for such purposes. Otherwise, there would certainly be more fog surrounding key concepts such as the modal structure of the GATS (and that of other services agreements), the distinction between access commitments and domestic regulatory sovereignty, or the treatment of anti-competitive practices. Conceptual work remains more important in services, given the novelty of many of the elements involved, than in other areas of the WTO. This does not necessarily call for large-scale trade rounds, but at least for some sort of common events;Moreover, it is difficult to see how a bind-as-you-liberalize approach would provide an incentive for focused collective discussion and, possibly, clarification of critical issues
2. MacArthur Fellow 2008: Sally Temple, neuroscientist
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