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"I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

But the pillar was composed of both the day and the night guiding, for the fire was in the red eye, which at the thought gat a new fascination for me, till, as I looked, the fire divided, and seemed to shine on me through the fog like two red eyes, such as Lucy told me of in her momentary mental wandering when, on the cliff, the dying sunlight struck the windows of St.

"I was kneeling by her bedside when the voice spoke loud within me; but immediately I rose, and took my staff, and gat me gone.

ITC has developed the GATS Consultation Kit, to help prepare TSIs to advocate on behalf of their service sectors, and provide input to trade officials on:

The GATS negotiations are designed to provide multinational corporations with the power tools they need to take control of much of what remains of the 'commons' on this planet.

negotiating proposal for GATS. USTR Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky called it "the most ambitious set of service liberalization proposals ever developed."

The guide, written by Auckland University professor Jane Kelsey, launched in January, warns any GATS commitments by the New Zealand Government could have a "significant impact on domestic health policy and regulation, including provision of primary and secondary health care, access to subsidies, licensing and professional qualifications".

The GATS agreement is aimed at opening up to foreign business competition the provision of essential services like water, energy, mail, transport, education, health, etc and cutting out government control of these.

* GATS aims to dramatically expand the ability of multinational corporations to provide services on a for-profit basis and creates a new regulatory framework for trade in services.

The Council of Trade Unions' submission calls for a thorough review of the impact of GATS on development, democracy, environmental sustainability, health and human rights in member states.

Among the sectors revealed to have already been partially or wholly signed up to GATS are health services, private education, rail maintenance, environmental sewage and sanitation, retail, financial and banking services.

In the guide, produced on behalf of the Action, Research and Education Network of Aotearoa (ARENA), Kelsey says any GATS commitments by the New Zealand Government could have a "significant impact on domestic health policy and regulation, including provision of primary and secondary health care, access to subsidies, licensing and professional qualifications".