WORLD-TRADE ORGANIZATION TALKS ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Telecommunications is already one of the fastest growing sectors of th e international enconomy, spurred on by technology and liberalisation. The author of this article, who has recently been chairing the Group on Basic Telecommunications in the World Trade Organisation, charts th e progress of international negotiations to achieve a new agreement wh ich promises further to extend liberalisation of the world's telecommu nications markets and benefit the economy as a whole.