GATS, FTA and Other Trade Agreements
Implications for Education and Public Services
These articles discuss the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and other trade agreements with their implications for education and public services
Further information:
| Asia-Pacific Countries, GATS, and Education | Article by Ted Murphy. The number of bilateral and regional agreements is increasing, and they generally use the same system for classifying services that underpins the GATS and contain many of the same disciplines or obligations. |
| NTEU Submission to Joint Standing Committee | NTEU Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Regarding the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement |
| Australian Bilateral Agreements | Australian Bilateral Agreements and Higher Education |
| Trade Update | The Limits of Latham's Amendments |
| GATS and Higher Education | A discussion paper from Ted Murphy, National Assistant Secretary, Jan 2004 |
| Transnational Education and GATS - An Australian perspective | Paper presented to the Education International (EI) Conference on Higher Education, Montreal, 13-15 March 2002 |
| GATS: Implications of Globalisation on Australian Universities | Article by Marjorie Griffin Cohen, reprinted from Australian Univesities' Review, Vol 42/2, 1999, and 43/1, 2000 (Double Issue) |
| US Proposal to WTO | US proposal to WTO on Higher Education, Adult Education & Training. |
| Recent Developments in Trade Negotiations | Accompanying document to NTEU's submission on the WTO. By Ted Murphy, NTEU National Assistant Secretary. |
| Submission to the Senate Inquiry into the WTO | Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties' Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with the World Trade Organisation |
| The WTO and Tertiary Education | Article by Ted Murphy, NTEU National Assistant Secretary, from the NTEU Advocate, March 2000 |
| A Guide to GATS | The General Agreement on Trade in Services was first negotiated as part of the Uruguay Round of trade liberalisation negotiations, which concluded in 1994. By Ted Murphy, NTEU National Assistant Secretary. |
| The New Free Trade Agenda | The free trade agenda being pursued by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the Howard Government, goes way beyond the dismantling of tariff barriers. By Ted Murphy, NTEU National Assistant Secretary |
| NTEU Briefing Paper on GATS | Briefing paper for State and Territory Higher Education Ministers and Officers: The implications for the domestic regulation of higher education and professional accreditation, June 2001. |