concessions given and received by 36 WTO Members in 40 services PTAs. Results reveal the presence of reciprocity at the product …

agreements as compared to the GATS. To do so, it uses a typology identifying variations in 48 key provisions structured under … seven themes commonly found in RTAs and using the GATS as a benchmark. The analysis identifies two main families of … agreements (GATS-inspired and NAFTA-inspired) and a residual category. The paper briefly explores the historical development that …

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 …

the WTO and regional trade agreements. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of unilateral services …

the blockage of access to websites. This paper suggests that many WTO member states are legally obliged to permit an … inconsistent with the GATS provisions, even given morals and security exceptions. Less resourceful countries, without means of … WTO. But the exceptions do not offer a blanket cover for the arbitrary and disproportionate censorship that still occurs …