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 …

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 …

inclusion of GATS and TRIPS in the WTO made the WTO a more important influence on international cultural policy than its GATT … efforts to create a rules-based convention to protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions, which is designed to … either separate international cultural policy governance from the WTO or strengthen the bargaining position of cultural …

intensive lobbying against liberalization. Meanwhile, global trade in health services grows apace irrespective of the GATS …The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has been at the epicenter of public discussions due to its possibly … adverse effects on the domestic regulation of public services. While the GATS has an admittedly broad scope, its ‘bite …

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) under the WTO is a newly-born and the first ever multilateral … moderate liberalization has been achieved under the GATS and negotiations have been lagging behind. On the contrast, newly …, China might be the only place where GATS rules have been extensively practiced and testified and thus provides valuable …

Market access is the most important liberalizing principle in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It … legal terms included in the provision and their interpretation by various WTO Panels as well as the Appellate Body. It also … GATS provisions …

The status of public services is one of the most hotly debated issues surrounding the GATS. There are two approaches to … the GATS for different organisational settings - from government monopolies to regulated and/or subsidized private … provision - that may be used by WTO Members to meet typical public service objectives. It turns out that virtually all forms of …

The status of public services is one of the most hotly debated issues surrounding the GATS. There are two approaches to … the GATS for different organisational settings - from government monopolies to regulated and/or subsidized private … provision - that may be used by WTO Members to meet typical public service objectives. It turns out that virtually all forms of …