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Services Development Factors In-class assignment.

1. A West Indies tour service provider is considering marketing West Indies tours to the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The tour provider finds that there are a lot of tours being offered by existing providers in the U.S. and Canada and there are many flights connecting the markets. Few tours are being offered in the U.K., but there are only a small number of flights connecting it to the Bahamas. Research of West Indies accommodation data indicates there has been little growth in accommodation bookings from any of these countries. Given the data, should the tour service provider market tours in these countries?

2. Describe how a company providing software design services can protect its designs in foreign markets. Be sure to include considerations involving intellectual property, security and confidentiality.

3. Questions on the GATS:

a. What is the name of the legally binding mechanism that a WTO member country can use to place limitations on market access of international trade in services?

b. Provide 3 ways in which a member country can use the mechanism you provided in question 3a. to limit market access of international trade in services.

c. Complete the following table by indicating which service delivery mode, as per the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), each market activity falls into.

Service Delivery Mode

a. A U.S. insurance company is opening branches in the U.K

b. A technical trainer is travelling to factories in China to deliver training on manufacturing machinery.

c. A flower farm in New Zealand markets educational seminars to farmers in Canada and the U.S.

d. A translation company in France provides a Swiss publisher with online translation services.

e. A German engineering firm uses its alliances with a foreign construction company to set up a subsidiary in Italy.