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Viewing cable 05MANAMA6, BAHRAIN: WTO SERVICE NEGOTIATIONS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05MANAMA6 2005-01-03 08:39 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Manama
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS MANAMA 000006 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR NEA/ARPI-BERNS AND EB/TP/MTA/MST-WHITTEN 
GENEVA FOR USTR-GREENIDGE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD BA WTO
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN:  WTO SERVICE NEGOTIATIONS 
 
REF: STATE 270998 
 
1.  The United States and Bahrain signed a bilateral Free 
Trade Agreement (FTA) on September 14, 2004.  Considered to 
be a model FTA, the agreement contains broad commitments to 
open services markets.  Bahrain will accord substantial 
market access across its entire services regime, providing 
among the highest degree of market access of any U.S. FTA 
negotiated to date.  Key services sectors covered by the 
agreement include audiovisual, express delivery, 
telecommunications, computer and related services, 
distribution, healthcare, construction, architecture and 
engineering.  The FTA provides benefits for businesses 
wishing to supply services cross-border as well as businesses 
wishing to establish a presence locally in the other country. 
 The agreement uses a negatives list of sectors specifically 
excluded.  U.S. companies investing in the areas of 
television, radio or other media, fisheries, and oil 
exploration will receive Most Favored Nation status as 
opposed to national treatment. 
 
2.  Sectoral Ranking:  Post ranked the following sectors on a 
scale of 1-5, with one being the highest, to indicate top 
priorities for U.S. suppliers (based on openness, size, and 
potential) and informally (low, medium, high) to demonstrate 
Bahrain's current level of openness: 
 
--Legal services:  1/M 
--Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services:  2/H 
--Taxation services:  4/H 
--Architectural services:  5/H 
--Engineering and integrated engineering services:  1/H 
--Urban planning and landscape architectural services:  3/H 
--Computer and related services:  1/H 
--Research and development services:  1/H 
--Real estate services:  1/H 
--Rental/Leasing Services:  1/H 
--Advertising services:  2/H 
--Market research and public opinion, polling services:  1/M 
--Management consulting services:  1/H 
--Technical testing and analysis services:  1/M 
--Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and forestry, 
and fishing:  4/M 
--Services incidental to mining:  4/L 
--Energy services:  1/M 
--Services incidental to energy distribution:  1/M 
--Placement and supply services of personnel:  1/H 
--Investigation and security:  3/H 
--Related scientific and technical consulting services:  3/H 
--Maintenance and repair of equipment:  2/H 
--Building-cleaning services:  5/H 
--Photographic services:  5/H 
--Packaging services:  4/H 
--Printing, publishing:  4/L 
--Convention services:  3/H 
--Courier services (Express Delivery):  1/H 
--Telecommunication services:  2/H 
--Audiovisual services:  3/H 
--Construction and related engineering:  2/H 
--Distribution Services:  1/L 
--Educational Services:  1/H 
--Environmental services:  1/H 
--Insurance services:  1/H 
--Banking and other financial services including securities: 
1/H 
--Tourism and travel-related services:  1/H 
--Recreations and sporting services:  1/H 
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