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 …

the 2013 World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement in goods. The proposal did not find much support, but … facilitation are on the table in the World Trade Organization, there are important gaps. Identifying priorities for complementary …

Services have long been perceived as playing a secondary role in world trade. In particular, the role of services trade … for about 50% of world trade and are significant in exports of countries of all levels of development. In addition, cross …

(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 …

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 …