GATS.

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The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ranks amongst the chief accomplishments of multilateral trade diplomacy at the end of the 20th century, but lies at the centre of the controversies surrounding trade policy at the start of the 21st. WTO negotiations in the services field resumed on 1 January 2000, as foreseen under the Uruguay Round's ""built-in"" agenda. As negotiations have progressed, the GATS has become the critical focus of civil society groups representing a wide range of interests. Arguments against the GATS concern principally the threat it is alleged to pose to countri.  Read more... Foreword Acronyms Table of Contents Executive Summary Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Stating the Case for Open Services Markets Chapter 3. Harnessing the Economy-wide Potential of Service Sector Efficiencies Chapter 4. Acknowledging the Complexities of Services Reform Chapter 5. Globalisation and its Discontents: the GATS Critics Chapter 6. What the GATS Is -- and Is Not Chapter 7. Addressing Criticisms of the GATS Chapter 8. Negotiating Challenges Under the GATS Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks Notes References.