GATS: the case for open services markets.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994 April 15).

General Agreement on Trade in Services.

Service industries--Government policy.

Service industries.

Physical Description:

97 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

GATS

General Agreement on Trade in Services

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2002.

Summary:

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ranks among the chief accomplishments of multilateral trade diplomacy at the end of the 20th century, but lies at the centre of the controversies surrounding trade policy at the start of the 21st. WTO negotiations in the services field resumed on 1 January 2000, as foreseen under the Uruguay Round's "built-in" agenda. As negotiations have progressed, the GATS has become the critical focus of civil society groups representing a wide range of interests. Arguments against the GATS concern principally the threat it is alleged to pose a threat to countries' Sovereign rights to regulate the production, sale, distribution or import of service activities and to supply services across borders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-97)

ISBN:

9264197257

OCLC:

49787100