WTO--trade in services / / edited by Rudiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll, Clemens Feinaugle.

• Superior document: Max Planck commentaries on world trade law, v. 6
• TeilnehmendeR: Wolfrum, Rudiger.; Stoll, Peter-Tobias.; Feinaugle, Clemens.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Max Planck commentaries on world trade law ; 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (816 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) /; Part I. Scope and Definition /; Part II. General Obligations and Disciplines /; Part III. Specific Commitments /; Part IV. Progressive Liberalization /; Part V. Institutional Provisions /; Part VI. Final Provisions /; Annex on Article II Exemptions /; Annex on Movement of Natural Persons Supplying Services under the Agreement /; Third Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services /; Annex on Air Transport Services /; Annex on Financial Services /; Second Annex on Financial Services /; Second Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (Interim Agreement on Financial Services) /; Fifth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (Financial Services Agreement) /; Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services /; Annex on Negotiations on Maritime Transport Services /; Annex on Telecommunications /; Annex on Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications /; Fourth Protocol to the General Agreement on Trade in Services /; Telecommunications Services: Reference Paper /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282396412; 9786612396410; 904742736X
• ISSN: 1574-907X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Rudiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll, Clemens Feinaugle.

With the establishment of the WTO, trade in services became part of the world trade order. Volume 6 is dedicated to these rather recent developments. It covers the core agreement, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) with annexes, as well as the additional instruments , which have been adopted later on to govern the liberalization in specific sectors. Those are the Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services, the Second Protocol on Financial Services, the Third Protocol on the Movement of Natural Persons, the Fourth Protocol on Basic Telecommunications and the Fifth Protocol, which contains further rules for financial services. This volume will be a valuable reference tool for the WTO community as a whole, as well as for professionals and researchers, who deal with one of the sectors concerned, e.g. financial services and telecommunications. Furthermore, it is highly relevant in view of those sectors, which are the subject of ongoing liberalization efforts or earmarked for future negotiations, namely accounting, legal services, transport, tourism, environmental services, legal and educational services.