Exam 8: Services and Labor

GATS members can list limitations on the number of natural persons that may be employed in a particular service sector in Schedule of Specific Commitments.

Student visas do not come under the Visa Waiver Program in the United States.

The GATS provides a provision for a departure from the principle of national treatment to ensure that direct taxes may be effectively collected on services.

Under which of the following conditions, a member nation can apply restrictions on international transfers and payments for current transactions even though they are typically forbidden by GATS?

What are visas? How many types of visas are allowed with respect to duration?

The ILO's Convention Concerning Freedom of Association ________.

Which of the following is true of labor restrictions that can be placed on newly joined members under the EU?

Which of the following components of the GATS agreement deal(s) with issues unique to particular economic sectors, such as financial services and telecommunications?

Which of the following is a type of regulation against hiring foreign workers?

The GATS covers trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights.

Which of the following terms refers to a GATS requirement that a WTO member state accord to services and service suppliers of other member states treatment no less favorable than what the member grants its own like services and service suppliers?

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) differs from the GATS in that NAFTA ________.

Briefly explain the how the Treaty Establishing the European Community influences employment laws in Europe.

Describe the significance of the transnational labor organizations in the EU.

Describe the significance of the Schedule of Specific Commitments. List the categories that a member can apply on sectors mentioned in its Schedule of Specific Commitments?

The Framework Agreement has a provision that authorizes an exception to the MFN treatment rule when the difference in treatment is the result of ________.

GATS requires its member states to ensure that their domestic regulations affecting trade in services are administered in a reasonable, objective, and impartial manner and as soon as the ________ adopts harmonizing guidelines in these areas, it will require them to bring their practices into compliance with those guidelines.

Explain the procedure for settling disputes between ILO members.

The special list compiled by the Conference Committee of the ILO consists of the list of those member states that have entered into free trade agreements with some other states.

The ________ in GATS requires member states to publish, prior to their entry into force, all of their national measures and international agreements that affect their obligations under GATS.