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Table 2 Thailand's commitment to GATS in the first round (1995)

From: International service trade and its implications for human resources for health: a case study of Thailand

Mode of trace in services

General commitments

Specific sector/subsector commitments

   

Business

Distribution

Education

Financial

Related health and social

   

Professional: medical and dental

Retailing (drug dispensaries)

Professional and/or short course education

Life and non-life insurance

Hospital

 

MA

NT

MA

NT

MA

NT

MA

NT

MA

NT

MA

NT

1. Cross-border supply

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

+

U

U

U

2. Consumption abroad

U

U

U

U

U

U

+

+

+

U

U

U

3. Commercial presence

B

U

U

U

U

U

B

+

B

U

U

U

4. Presence of natural persons

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

B

U

U

U

  1. Source: Ministry of Commerce, Thailand Note: MA= market access commitments and NT= national treatment; Three types of commitments: (+) Full commitment; (B) Commitments with limitations: Bound; (U) No commitment: Unbound.
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