Visas and work permits: Possible global negotiating initiatives |
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| Authors: | Eric C. Y. Ng John Whalley |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics, School of Business & Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Avenue, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3C5;(2) Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2;(3) Center for International Governance and Innovation (CIGI), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | We discuss global options for initiatives intended to ameliorate adverse impacts of visa and work permit systems used by national governments around the world. We first describe and document some of their effects, noting the relative lack of other research work on these issues. We then discuss proposals for a new and supplemental global visa structure which have been made as part of the Mode 4 GATS negotiations in the WTO, suggesting that the GATS/WTO may be an imperfect institutional location for negotiating on these matters. We then evaluate other approaches, including what realistically could be possible if a new body specifically created for global negotiation in the area were to be used. |
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| Keywords: | Visa Work permit Labour mobility Global negotiation |
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