Common Contracts
1 similar General Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) contracts
LINKING THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES (GATS), TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND POVERTY REDUCTIONGeneral Agreement on Trade in Services (Gats) • February 26th, 2008
The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreement covers goods (The General Agreement in Trade and Tariff, GATT), services (The General Agreement on Trade in Services, GATS) and Intellectual Property (Trade Related Intellectual Property, TRIPS). These agreements map out the principles of liberalization and the permitted exceptions. Goods have a service component that is reflected in their relative prices. This implies that there is great opportunity for trade in services given that it is cross cutting. After signing these agreements at the international level, it is important that they are integrated into the national development strategies in order to provide mechanisms for development and poverty reduction. The Institute of Economic Affairs-Kenya organized a policy round table on 28th June 2007 to discuss the coherence between trade rules and development policies in Kenya with particular reference to the General Agreement on Trade in Services. The objective of this meeting was to obtain p
