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Services trade Ranging from architecture to voice-mail telecommunications and to space transport, services are the largest and most dynamic component of both developed and developing country economies. Important in their own right, they also serve as crucial inputs into the production of most goods. Their inclusion in the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations led to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Since January 2000, they have become the subject of multilateral trade negotiations. See
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sectoral classification list SECTORS: > Architectural and engineering services > Computer and related services
Communication services > Postal and courier, express mail services Construction and related services Transport services > Services auxiliary to all modes of transport
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Introduction to services trade and the WTO agreement back to top
The mandate back to top
Work in the WTO back to top
Special events back to top The Council for Trade in Services and its different committees organize occasional seminars and symposiums on specific services themes.
> Technical co-operation events
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See also: > International Trade Centre (opens in new window) — Services trade promotion for developing countries. |
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Sectoral background papers, economic effects of services liberalization, health-care, comments on the necessity test, etc. WTO Staff Working Papers
The papers listed below are working papers,
and hence they usually represent research in progress. They reflect
the opinions of individual staff members, and are the product of
professional research. Such research may be conducted in the
preparation of Secretariat reports, studies, or informational material
for WTO members. These papers are circulated for discussion and
comment because critical review of professional research is important
to skills maintenance and professional development of Secretariat
staff.
Contact and enquiry points back to top GATS Article IV contact points are intended to facilitate the access of developing country members' service suppliers to information, and Article III enquiry points to provide information to other WTO members. |
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Publications on services
