of the GATS. Negotiations in the Working Group on Domestic Regulation have produced a considerable level of consensus in … force of the GATS. This raises the question of whether and to what extent such PTAs have developed any further disciplines … on domestic regulation and whether such disciplines could be used as a model for the GATS. Initial research suggests that …

(RTAs) have increasingly adopted trade-facilitating disciplines that both build upon and innovate the GATS framework. By …

chapter Introduction Taking services to market -- chapter 1 Reading the GATS as ideology -- chapter 2 How the GATS was …

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 …