The paper is structured as follows: Section II presents economic rationale for
cross-border labor mobility by looking into recent trends of remittances flows,
economic research findings, and political-cultural impediments to labor migration.
Section III explores GATS Mode 4 as a credible compromise, as opposed to permanent
or other forms of migration, to promote cross-border labor mobility. Section IV looks
into the dynamics that led to the failure of multilateral trade negotiations under the
Doha Round. Section V examines some of the leading RTAs as an interim vehicle for
promoting global labor mobility. Section V1 concludes the paper.