Council for Trade in Services - Special Session - Communication from Canada - Proposal on Transparency of Horizontal Mode 4 Commitments

World Trade Organization TN/S/W/47 21 June 2005 (05-2632) Council for Trade in Services Special Session Original: English communication from canada Proposal on Transparency of Horizontal Mode 4 Commitments The following communication, dated 20 June 2005, from the delegation of Canada is being circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services. _______________ As many WTO Members are aware, improved transparency of mode 4 commitments has been an issue for discussion for some time in these negotiations - in bilateral meetings, in the Friends of Mode 4, in the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services and at various mode 4 conferences. This proposal was initially introduced in the Friends of Mode 4 in July 2002 to promote discussion among Members on strengthening the transparency and improving the understanding of horizontal mode 4 commitments. It is now being introduced to the wider WTO membership. This proposal primari