Reading the GATS as ideology -- How the GATS was won (and lost?) -- Trade-related development -- The illusion of public services -- Ruling the services infrastructure -- Trade in people -- Minds and markets -- Dominion over the Earth-- Energy wars

Two central topics in recent rounds of international trade negotiations have been environmental concerns, and services trade. While each is undoubtedly important, they are unrelated. In this paper I show that the services-environment link is small, for two reasons. First, services account for...