Council for Trade in Services - Special Session - Communication from Cuba - Review of Progress in the Negotiations, Including the Application of Paragraph 15 of the Guidelines for the Negotiations - Constru[...]d Related Engineering Services

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED TN/S/W/45 17 June 2005 (05- 2567) Council for Trade in Services Special Session Original: Spanish communication from cuba Review of Progress in the Negotiations, Including the Application of Paragraph 15 of the Guidelines for the Negotiations Construction and Related Engineering Services The following communication from the delegation of Cuba, dated 7 June 2005, is being circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services. _______________ INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the review being conducted in the Services Council with a view to better application of paragraph 15 of the negotiating guidelines. Cuba addressed requests for market openings to several Members of the WTO. Construction and related engineering services, the primary target of those requests, are still beset by limitations that are preventing Cuba's access to markets of interest to it. The constructio