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Impact of Local Content Restrictions and Barriers Against Foreign Direct Investment in Services
The Case of Kazakhstan’s Accession to the World
anization
Jesper Jensen and David Tarr
The working party on the accession of Kazakhstan to the World anization (WTO) was established on February 6, 1996. Bilateral market access negotiations began in October 1997 and are continuing on the basis of revised offers in goods and services. Since 2004, the accession negotiations have acquired increased momentum. A draft report of the working party was prepared by the WTO secretariat in May 2005. Based on this report, the chairman of the working party on the accession of Kazakhstan indicated that Kazakh accession “has taken an important step forward.”
He stated further that progress would not have been possible without key domestic reforms and the enthusiasm of the Kazakh negotiating team. By 2007, some Kazakh officials were (over) optimistically forecasting accession by the end of the year.
We document that the Kazakh tariff structure is not highly distorted. On the other hand, barriers to foreign direct investors remain significant in several key business service sectors and are the focus of negotiations between Kazakhstan and the WTO working party. Despite the important role that the rights of multinational investors in business services play in WTO accession negotiat