Financial services rules in the WTO explored by Committee

• Parliament TV: Financial Services in the World Trade Organization
• EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee

Witnesses

Wednesday 13 March 2019 in Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

At 10.15am

• Dr Lorand Bartels, Senior Counsel, Linklaters LLP and Reader in International Law, University of Cambridge
• Eric White, Consultant, Herbert Smith Freehills

Likely questions

• How developed are the provisions for financial services at the WTO compared to those for goods or other types of services?
• How is the 'prudential carve-out' applied in practice? To what extent can its use undermine the commitments made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)?
• How could the limitations of WTO rules for financial services be addressed, such as through a free trade agreement?
• Given that the UK is currently entirely aligned with EU rules, could a lack of EU equivalence decisions for the UK be challenged at the WTO?
  

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