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ASEAN service liberalisation has been accomplished

through the works of ASEAN Economic Ministers, which is one
of the sectoral ministerial forums under the control of ASEAN
Economic Ministers (AEM). Article 4(1) of the AFAS requires

that members “shall enter into negotiations on measures
affecting trade in specific service sectors. Such negotiations

shall be directed towards achieving commitments which are
beyond those inscribed in each member state’s schedule of
specific commitments under the GATS and for which Member

States shall accord preferential treatment to one another on
an MFN basis.” In this regard, each member “shall set out in
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a schedule, the specific commitments it shall undertake”.
From the language of Article 4 of the AFAS, members are
legally obliged to enter into negotiations on measures affecting

trade in specific service sectors, and the results shall be set
out in schedules of commitments. Initially, the negotiations
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were organised in rounds of negotiations, each round lasted for
three years. Approaches and parameters for liberalisation were
set for each respective round where the commitments would

be set forth in a form of “Schedule of Specific Commitment”.

24 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (1992).
25 id. at, Article 4(2).

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