Services (GATS), some ten years after its entry into force. One striking observation is the smooth functioning of the Agreement … 'old' Members and countries negotiating their accession to the WTO.) Given the broad reach of of the Agreement in terms of … GATS, there should be no illusion about the scope for technical solutions to what constitutes a political and institutional …

substantial benefits that may be associated with the liberalization of services trade, the GATS has obviously not yet lived up to … lack of negotiating momentum to date. It then provides an overview of existing commitments under the GATS (by sector, mode … ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been …

substantial benefits that may be associated with the liberalization of services trade, the GATS has obviously not yet lived up to … lack of negotiating momentum to date. It then provides an overview of existing commitments under the GATS (by sector, mode … ambitious expectations. For example, on average across all WTO Members, only one-third of all services sectors have been …

about the impacts of globalization on labor markets. -- trade in services ; WTO ; GATS ; trade agreements ; economic … the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of … unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature touches on important linkages between trade and FDI in services and the …

essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …; the need to make use of the WTO forum to enhance credibility and sustain domestic regulatory reform programmes; the …

inclusion of GATS and TRIPS in the WTO made the WTO a more important influence on international cultural policy than its GATT … either separate international cultural policy governance from the WTO or strengthen the bargaining position of cultural … industry interests in WTO negotiations. These discussions take place in circumstances where there are serious shortcomings in …

essential role of services for economic development; the high costs imposed by trade protection; the benefits of liberalization …; the need to make use of the WTO forum to enhance credibility and sustain domestic regulatory reform programmes; the …

liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments … and Doha Round offers. By developing a new database, the paper reviews the commitments undertaken by 29 WTO Members … detail the GATS+ commitments undertaken in a number of key sectors (audiovisual, distribution, education, financial …

liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments … and Doha Round offers. By developing a new database, the paper reviews the commitments undertaken by 29 WTO Members … detail the GATS+ commitments undertaken in a number of key sectors (audiovisual, distribution, education, financial …

liberalization commitments in the new generation of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) as compared to prevailing GATS commitments … and Doha Round offers. By developing a new database, the paper reviews the commitments undertaken by 29 WTO Members … detail the GATS+ commitments undertaken in a number of key sectors (audiovisual, distribution, education, financial …