General Agreement on Trade in Services

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The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is the main international treaty governing global trade in services, setting rules and commitments for how countries open and regulate their service sectors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Trade Organization agreement ⓘ
multilateral trade agreement ⓘ
abbreviation GATS ⓘ
administeredBy World Trade Organization ⓘ
adoptedAsPartOf Uruguay Round agreements ⓘ
allows MFN exemptions under specified conditions ⓘ
appliesTo all WTO members ⓘ
bindingOn World Trade Organization members ⓘ
concludedIn 1994 ⓘ
contains Annex on Air Transport Services ⓘ
Annex on Financial Services ⓘ
Annex on Maritime Transport Services ⓘ
Annex on Movement of Natural Persons ⓘ
Annex on Telecommunications ⓘ
annexes on specific service sectors ⓘ
general obligations ⓘ
specific commitments schedules ⓘ
covers domestic regulation of services ⓘ
international trade in services ⓘ
market access for services ⓘ
most-favoured-nation treatment in services ⓘ
national treatment for services ⓘ
progressive liberalization of services trade ⓘ
defines four modes of supply of services ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1995 ⓘ
excludes services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus binding international treaty ⓘ
modeOfSupply Mode 1 cross-border supply ⓘ
Mode 2 consumption abroad ⓘ
Mode 3 commercial presence ⓘ
Mode 4 presence of natural persons ⓘ
negotiationForum Council for Trade in Services ⓘ
negotiationRound Uruguay Round ⓘ
objective increased participation of developing countries in services trade ⓘ
progressive liberalization of trade in services ⓘ
promotion of economic growth ⓘ
partOf World Trade Organization legal framework ⓘ
predecessor General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
principle most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
national treatment ⓘ
progressive liberalization through successive rounds of negotiations ⓘ
transparency of regulations ⓘ
requires establishment of enquiry points for information ⓘ
publication of relevant measures affecting services trade ⓘ
scope measures by members affecting trade in services ⓘ
signedAt Marrakesh ⓘ
subjectTo WTO dispute settlement mechanism ⓘ

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World Trade Organization → coreAgreement → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Ministerial Conference → canAmend → WTO agreements subject to procedures in the Marrakesh Agreement ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization → includes → Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
General Agreement on Trade in Services → abbreviation → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Dispute Settlement Understanding → appliesTo → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Council for Trade in Services → overseesImplementationOf → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Council for Trade in Services → overseesImplementationOf → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Council for Trade in Services → legalBasis → Annex 1B of the WTO Agreement ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Uruguay Round (1986–1994) → producedAgreement → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Marrakesh Agreement → includes → Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Annex 4: Plurilateral Trade Agreements → isDistinctFrom → Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Annex on Telecommunications → partOf → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Annex on Air Transport Services → partOf → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Annex on Maritime Transport Services → partOf → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Annex on Maritime Transport Services → partOf → World Trade Organization services framework ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Annex on Maritime Transport Services → relatedInstrument → GATS Article II on most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Annex on Maritime Transport Services → relatedInstrument → GATS Article XVI on market access ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Annex on Maritime Transport Services → relatedInstrument → GATS Article XVII on national treatment ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Council for Trade in Services → legalBasis → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
subject linked to: CTS
Council for Trade in Services → relatedInstrument → Schedules of Specific Commitments under GATS ⓘ
subject linked to: CTS
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Committee on Trade in Financial Services → follows → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Committee on Trade in Financial Services → appliesRegime → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Committee on Trade in Financial Services → legalBasis → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Working Party on Domestic Regulation → legalBasis → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Working Party on Domestic Regulation → legalBasis → GATS Article VI ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Committee on Specific Commitments → operatesUnder → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Committee on Specific Commitments → legalBasis → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Working Party on GATS Rules → legalBasis → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
WTO panels → appliesLaw → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
WTO agreements → include → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
WTO agreements → hasComponent → Annex 1B General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services → basedOn → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services → modeledAfter → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Annex 1A: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods → relatedTo → Annex 1B: General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
United Nations Central Product Classification for services → relatedTo → WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) sectoral classifications ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
WTO Council for Trade in Services in Special Session → legalBasis → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services → legalFramework → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services → category → WTO services trade instrument ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Committee on Specific Commitments → operatesUnderAgreement → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
subject linked to: CSC
Working Party on GATS Rules → dealsWithAgreement → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
subject linked to: WPGR
Working Party on GATS Rules → dealsWithAcronym → GATS ⓘ
subject linked to: WPGR
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Working Party on GATS Rules → legalFramework → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
subject linked to: WPGR
WTO dispute settlement → appliesTo → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
Canada – Certain Measures Affecting the Automotive Industry → legalInstrumentInvoked → GATS ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
DS526 → legalContext → WTO agreements on trade in services ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services
TRIMs accord → relatedTo → General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
World Trade Organization member states → governedBy → WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
linked to: General Agreement on Trade in Services