RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/S/O/TTO 
21 June 2005 
 (05-2643) 
Trade in Services 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
  
 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 
 
Initial Offer  
 
 
 
The following initial offer from the delegati on of Trinidad and Tobago, received on 
9 June 2005, is being circulated to the Me mbers of the Council for Trade in Services. 
 
_______________ 
  
 
Trinidad and Tobago hereby submits its initial o ffer in services to other WTO Members. This 
offer does not prejudice Trinidad and Tobago’s fina l position related to the final commitments as an 
outcome of the final negotiations.  
Trinidad and Tobago reserves the right to wit hdraw, modify or reduce its initial offer on 
services and any subsequent offer that could follow, in whole or in part, at any time during the course 
of the services negotiation.  
Trinidad and Tobago further reserves the right to  make any technical change or correction to 
this initial offer and any subse quent offer that could follow. 
 
 
 
 
  
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Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
 
All sectors included in this  
schedule 3) A licence is required for the acquisition of 
land, the area of which exceeds five acres for 
trade or business or one acre for residential 
purposes. 
 
 A licence is required for the acquisition of 
shares in a local public company where the holding of such shares either directly or 
indirectly results in 30 per cent or more of the 
total cumulative shareholding of the company being held by foreign investors. 
 
 A foreign investor wishing to invest in 
Trinidad and Tobago must register with the 
Registrar of Companies. 
 3) None  
 4) The entry and residence of foreign natural 
persons is subject to Trinidad and Tobago's 
Immigration Laws. 
 
 The employment of foreign natural persons in 
excess of thirty days is subject to the obtention of a work permit, which is granted on a base
- 
case- by-case basis.  Foreign natural persons 
shall be employed only as managers, executives, specialists and experts. 
 4) None   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
II. SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
1. BUSINESS SERVICES 
    
A. Professional Services  
    
(a) Legal Services Consultancy 
in International Law   
 (CPC 86119) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
 
 Patent Agents 
 (CPC 8921) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
  
 
b) Accounting and auditing 
services 
- Financial auditing 
services (CPC 86211) 
- Accounting review 
services (CPC 86212) 
- Compilation of financial 
statements (CPC 86213) 
- Book-keeping, except tax 
returns (CPC 86220) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound   
c) Taxation services 
- Business tax planning and 
consulting (CPC 86301) 
- Business tax preparation 
and review (CPC 86302) 
- Individual tax 
preparation and planning (CPC 86303) 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound    
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d) Architect services 
- Advisory and pre-design 
architectural (CPC 
86711) 
- Architectural design 
services (CPC 86712) 
- Contract administration 
 services (CPC 86713) 
- Combined architectural 
design and contract 
administration services (CPC 86714) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound  
  
e)  Engineering services 
- Advisory & consultative 
eng. services (CPC 86721) 
- Engineering design 
services for construction of foundations and 
building structures (CPC  
86722) 
- Engineering design 
services for mechanical & 
electrical installations for 
buildings (CPC 86723) 
- Engineering design 
services for the 
construction of civil 
engineering works (CPC 86724) 
- Engineering design 
services for industrial processes and production 
(CPC 86725) 
- Engineering design 
services n.e.c. 
(CPC 86726
) 1. None 
2. None 
3. Joint venture required 
4. Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound  
   
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g) Urban planning & 
landscape architectural 
services 
- Urban planning services  (CPC 86741) 
- Landscape architectural 
services (CPC 86742) 
  
1) None 2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal  
commitments   
1) None 2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound   
h) Dental Services  
 (CPC 9312  93123) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) None (Registration and Certification) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) None 
  
h) Medical services 
- General medical services 
(CPC 93121) 
- Specialized medical 
services (CPC 93122) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal  
commitments  1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound   
i) Veterinarian Services 
 (CPC 932) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) None (Registration and Certification) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) None 
  
j) Services provided by 
nurses 
- Deliveries and related 
services, nursing services, physiotherapeutic and 
para-medical services 
 (CPC 93191) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal  
commitments  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound   
B. Computer and Related 
Services 
(b) Software Development 
 (CPC 8421) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
  
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Information services e.g.  
drafting and engineering  services, digitizing and  
vectoring, data entry, remote  
telemarketing  (CPC 843) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
 
d) Database Services 
(CPC 84400) 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 
 
  
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) Unbound 
  
C. Research and Development 
Services  
    
(a) R & D in Natural Sciences  
 (CPC 851) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
  
 
(b) R & D Social Sciences 
 (CPC 852) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) None  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) None   
 
c) Interdisciplinary research 
and development services (CPC 85300) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) Unbound 
   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
D. Real Estate Services 
a) Involving own or leased 
property 
- Renting or leasing 
services involving own or leased residential 
property (CPC 82101) 
- Renting or leasing 
services involving own or 
leased non-residential 
property (CPC 82102) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound   
b) On a fee or contract basis 
- Residential property 
management services Fee/Contract (CPC 
82201) 
- Non-residential property 
management services 
Fee/Contract (CPC 
82202) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound   
F. Other Business Services  
    
 International Marketing 
 (CPC 86503)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
 
a) Advertising services 
- Sale or leasing services of 
advertising space or time (CPC 87110) 
- Planning, creating and 
placement services of advertising (CPC 87120) 
- Other advertising services 
(CPC 87190) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound    
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
2. COMMUNICATION 
SERVICES 
    
B. Courier Services 
- Multi-modal courier 
services (CPC 75121) 
- Other courier services 
(CPC 75129) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
  
C Telecommunication 
Services  
    
For Public use : 
 (a) Voice telephone services 
 (CPC 7521) 
(b) Packet-switched data 
transmission services 
 (CPC 7523**) 
(c) Circuit-switched data 
transmission services 
 (CPC 7523**)  
 1) Until 2010 bypass of the network of exclusive 
public operator not permitted.  None as of 
2010 
2) None 
3) Reserved to exclusive supply until 2010.  
None as of 2010 
4) None  
 1) None 
 
 2) None 
3) None 
 
4) None See attached additional 
commitments on regulatory disciplines. 
 
(d) Telex services   (CPC 7523**) 
(e) Telegraph services   (CPC 7522) 
(g)  Private-leased circuit 
services (CPC 7522**, 7523**, 7525) 
     
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(j) On-line information and 
data base retrieval  
 (CPC 7523**) 1) Until 2010 bypass of the network of exclusive 
public operator not permitted. 
 None as of 2010 1) None 
  
(k) Electronic data interchange 
(CPC 7523**) 
(l) Enhanced/value-added 
facsimile services, incl. 
store and forward , store 
and retrieve 
 (CPC 7523**) 2) None 
3) Until 2010, only on network facilities supplied 
by the exclusive public operator.  None as of 2010 
4) None 2) None 
3) None 
  
4) None  
(m) Code and Protocol 
conversion 
(n) On-line information and/or 
data processing (incl. 
transaction processing) 
 (CPC 843**) 
   
   
 
(o) other    
 Internet and Internet access 
services 
 (CPC 75260) 
 1) Unconfirmed,  to be negotiated with exclusive 
provider .  None  
2) None 
3) Unconfirmed,  to be negotiated with exclusive 
provider . None  
4) None 
 1) None 
 
2) None 
3) None 
 4) None 
  
 
For non-public use : 
 Mobile services (satellite-
based) 
- Mobile telephone services - Mobile data services 
- Personal communications 
services 
 1) Unconfirmed, to be negotiated with exclusive 
provider . None  
2) None 
3) Until 2000 only on satellite network capacit y 
supplied by the exclusive public operator.  
None as of 2010 
4) None  1) None 
 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
  
 
Fixed satellite services Trunked radio system services   
1) None 2) None 
3) None 
4) None   
1) None 2) None 
3) None 
4) None   
  
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Teleconferencing services 
(CPC  75292) 1) Unconfirmed, to be negotiated with exclusive 
provider.  None  
2) None 
3) Unconfirmed,  to be negotiated with exclusive 
provider .  None  
4) None 1) None 
 2) None 
3) None 
 4) None  
 
For Public use : 
Mobile services (terrestrial based) 
- Cellular/mobile /telephone 
services 
- Mobile data services 
- Personal communications 
services 
- Paging (CPC 75291) 
  
 
1) Unconfirmed,  t
o be negotiated with exclusive 
provider .  None  
2) None 
3) None 4) None  
 
1) None  
2) None 
3) None 4) None  
For Public use : 
Mobile services (satellite based) 
- Mobile telephone services 
- Mobile data services 
- Personal communications 
services 
Fixed satellite services (incl.  
but not limited to CPC 7524**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) None  
 Telecommunications 
equipment sales, rental, 
maintenance, connection, repair and consulting 
services 
 (CPC 75410, 75450)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) None   
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3. CONSTRUCTION AND 
RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES 
Hotel and Resort Development 
(Construction) (CPC 51206
 
51260) 
  
  
1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
  
1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None  
5. EDUCATIONAL 
SERVICES  
   
 Specialist Teachers  
 (CPC 9290)  1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) None (Registration and Certification 
requirements) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) None 
  
 
 Lecturers (Tertiary Level)   (CPC 9239)  1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) None (Registration and Certification 
requirements) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) None 
  
 
E. Other Education Services Training of seafarers 
(CPC 929**) 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound    
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7. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
    
A. Insurance  
    
(c) Reinsurance  
 (CPC 81299)  1) None 
2) None 3) None (Registration and Certification 
requirements) 
4) None  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
 
4) None   
 
d) Services auxiliary to insurance Insurance Intermediation, 
such as broking and  agency 
services (CPC 81401)  
 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) None 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) None 
4) Unbound   
Services auxiliary to 
insurance, such as consultancy, actuarial, risk 
assessment and claim 
settlement services. 
(CPC 814**) 
 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) None 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) None 
4) Unbound   
8. HEALTH - RELATED  
 SERVICES  
    
A. Hospital Services  
 (CPC 9311) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) None (Registration and Certification) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 4) None 
  
 
 Dental Services  
 (CPC 9312)  1) None  
2) None  
3) Unbound  
4) None (Registration and Certification)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) Unbound  
4) None    
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 Veterinarian Services  
 (CPC 932)  1) None  
2) None  
3) Unbound  
4) None (Registration and Certification)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) Unbound  
4) None   
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL 
RELATED SERVICES 
    
Hotel and Resort Development  
(Construction) (CPC 51206)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) None  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) None  
  
 Hotel Management  
 (CPC 6411)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
 
A. Hotels and Restaurants 
(incl. catering) 
- Hotel lodging services 
(CPC 64110) 1) None 
2) None 
3) Hotels of less than 21 rooms are reserved 
for nationals 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
 
4) Unbound    
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- Letting services of 
furnished accommodation (CPC 64193) 
- Youth hostel and 
mountain shelter services (CPC 64194) 
- Camping and 
caravanning site services (CPC 64195) 
- Sleeping car services and 
sleeping services in other transport media (CPC 
64196) 
- Meal serving services with 
full restaurant services 
(CPC 64210)  
- Beverage serving services 
without ent ertainment 
(CPC 64310) 
- Beverage serving services 
with entertainment (CPC 
64320) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitment  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound 
  
- Meal serving services in 
self-service facilities, 
except for institutionalized cafeteria 
services such as in 
schools, hospitals and other public institutions.  
(CPC 64220) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitment  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound 
  
B. Tour Operators   
 (CPC 7471) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) In-bound passengers only 4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) In-bound passengers only 4) None 
  
  
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D. Other (Marina services) 
 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) For vessels 30-100 feet, marinas with more 
than 100 slips. For vessels over 100 feet, 
marinas with less than 100 slips.  
4) None  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Government subsidies may be limited to 
nationals 
 4) None 
  
10. RECREATIONAL, 
CULTURAL & SPORTING SERVICES 
    
A. Entertainment services  
 (CPC 9619) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) None  1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) None   
 
D. Sporting and other 
recreational services  
 (CPC 964) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) None 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound 
4) None 
  
 
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES     
A. Maritime Transport 
Services  
    
 Ship surveys  
 (CPC 745) 
 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 
3) None 4) None (Registration and Certification) 
 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 
3) None 4) None 
  
 
 Dry Docking/Ship repairs;  
boat building and ship 
management/freight and 
transportation  
 (CPC 8868) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) None  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) None   
  
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 Navigation Aid and 
Communications/ 
 Meteorological Services 
(for Maritime Purposes)  
 (CPC 7453)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None (Registration and Certification) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None 
  
 
a) Passenger transportation 
Passenger transportation by 
ferries (CPC 72111) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound  
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
  
1) None 
2) None 3) Unbound  
4) Unbound   
  
b) Freight transportation 
services  
Transportation of bulk liquids 
or gases (CPC 72122 ) 
 
  
f) Supporting services for 
maritime transport 
(CPC 74540)  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
  
1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound except for horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound  
  
  
1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint venture required 
4) Unbound 
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 ANNEX  
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES  
 
Scope  
 
The following are definitions and principl es on the regulatory framework for the basic 
telecommunications services.  
Definitions
 
 
Users  mean service consumers and service suppliers. 
 
Essential facilities  mean facilities of a public telecommunications transport network of service 
that: 
 
  (a) are exclusively predominantly prov ided by a single or limited number of  
   suppliers; and    (b) cannot feasibly be economically or technically substituted in order to provide 
   a service. 
 
A major supplier
 is a supplier which has the ability to materially affect the terms of 
participation (having regard to price and supply) in  the relevant market for basic telecommunications 
services as a result of:   
  (a) control over essential facilities; or 
   (b) use of its position in the market.   1. Competitive safeguards
 
 
1.1 Prevention of anti-competitive practices in telecommunications  
 
Appropriate measures shall be introduced for th e purpose of preventing suppliers, who, alone 
or together, are a major supplier from engaging  in or continuing anti-competitive practices. 
 
1.2 Safeguards  
 
The anti-competitive practices referred to above shall include in particular: 
   (a) engaging in anti-competitive cross-subsidization; 
 
  (b) using information obtained from competitors with anti-competitive results; 
   (c) not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical 
  information about essential facilities an d commercially relevant information 
  which are necessary for them to provide services. 
 2. Interconnection
 
 2.1 This section applies to linking with suppli ers providing public telecommunications transport 
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 supplier and to access services provided by another supplier, where specific commitments are 
undertaken.  
2.2 Interconnection to be ensured
 
 
Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensu red at any technically feasible point in the 
network.  Such interconnection is provided:  
  (a) under non-discriminatory terms, c onditions (including technical standards 
  and specifications) and rates of a qua lity no less favourable than that provided 
  for its own like services or for like services of non-affiliated services    suppliers or for its subsidiaries or other affiliates; 
 
 (b) in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and 
  specifications) and cost-oriented rates,  that are transparent, reasonable,  
  having  regard to economic feasibility , and sufficiently unbounded so that the 
  supplier need not pay for network components or facilities that it does not   require for the service to be provided; 
 
  (c) upon request, at points in addition to the network termination points offered 
   to the majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost of construction 
   of necessary additional facilities.  2.3 Public availability of the pro cedures for interconnection negotiations
 
 
The procedures applicable for interconnection to a major supplier will be made publicly 
available.  2.4 Transparency of interconnection arrangements
 
 
It is ensured, that a major supplier will make  publicly available either its interconnection 
agreements or a reference interconnection offer.  2.5 Interconnection dispute settlement
 
 
A service supplier requesting interconnection with  a major supplier will have recourse, either: 
   (a) at any time; or    (b) after a reasonable period of time which has been made publicly known  
to an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 5 
below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate te rms, conditions and rates for interconnection within 
a reasonable period of time, to the extent th at these have not been established previously. 
 3. Universal service
 
 
 Any Member has the right to define the kind of universal service obligation it wishes to 
maintain.  Such obligations will not be regard ed as anti-competitive per se, provided they are 
administered in a transparent, non-discriminat ory and competitively neutral manner and not more 
burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Member.  
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4. Public availability of licensing criteria
 
 
Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available: 
   (a) all the licensing criteria and the pe riod of time normally required to reach a 
  decision concerning an application for a licence; 
   (b) the terms and conditio ns of individual licences. 
 
The reasons for the denial of a licence be made known to the applicant upon request. 
 
5. Independent regulators
 
 
The regulatory body is separate from, and not accountable to, any private supplier of basic 
telecommunications services.  The decision of and the procedures used by regulators shall be 
impartial with respect to all market participants. 
 
6. Allocation and use of scarce resources  
 
Any procedures for the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, numbers 
and rights of way, will be carried out in an obj ective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory 
manner.  The current state of allocated frequency ba nds will be made publicly available, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required. 
 
 
  
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – FINAL LIST OF ARTICLE II (MFN) EXEMPTIONS 
 
Sector or Subsector Description of measure 
indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries to which the 
measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
Maritime Transport 
 Cargo reservations under the 
UN Code of Conduct on Liner 
Conferences  Signatories to the Code 
 Unlimited 
 Trinidad and Tobago is a party to the 
Code 
 
All sectors 
 Bilateral investment promotion 
and protection treaties 
 Co-signatories to existing and 
future treaties 
 Unlimited 
 Privileges accorded to signatories 
only 
 
 
 
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