of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) in this process. It begins by explaining the working of the GATS as … telecom regimes of selected Asian countries, and of the commitments these countries made in the recent GATS negotiations. The … paper explores the reasons why governments have taken advantage of the GATS negotiations to make multilateral market …

This paper analyses the results of the financial services negotiations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services … (GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent … of competition was not deemed feasible, not much advantage has been taken of the GATS to lend credibility to …

and other significant actions taken by other relevant WTO bodies. This publication report covers the GATS. …

, regional and local authorities in the US which affect the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services. Antigua and … Barbuda considered that the cumulative impact of the US measures is to prevent the supply of gambling and betting services … issue may be inconsistent with the US obligations under the GATS, and in particular Articles II, VI, VIII, XI, XVI and XVII …

, regional and local authorities in the US which affect the cross-border supply of gambling and betting services. Antigua and … Barbuda considered that the cumulative impact of the US measures is to prevent the supply of gambling and betting services … issue may be inconsistent with the US obligations under the GATS, and in particular Articles II, VI, VIII, XI, XVI and XVII …

Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement … GATS, there should be no illusion about the scope for technical solutions to what constitutes a political and institutional …

There has been virtually no liberalization under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to date. Most … Members and the negotiating results in two sectors (financial services and, in particular, basic telecommunications) that were … are additional - technical, economic and political - frictions that tend to render services negotiations more complicated …