Dept. of Commerce (DoC) announced ‘Services 2002: A Business-Gov...

January 22, 2002 |Miscellaneous

Dept. of Commerce (DoC) announced “Services 2002: A Business-Govt. Dialog on U.S. Trade Expansion Objectives,” to be held Feb. 5. Conference will explore opportunities for increased market access offered by General Agreement on Trade in Services negotiations of World Trade Organization (WTO) since start of new work program at Doha Ministerial Conference last Nov., DoC said. Industry-specific roundtables include: (1) Audio Visual Services, with speakers from AOL Time Warner, MPAA and other groups. (2) Telecom Services and Information Services, featuring panelists form AT&T, WorldCom, others. (3) E-Commerce, with speakers from Oracle, VeriSign, other. Supachai Panitchpakdi, WTO director-gen. designate, will keynote, DoC said. Register before Jan. 31 -- Richard_Boll@ita.doc.gov.