SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF GATSScope and Structure of Gats • March 25th, 2003
The GATS entered into force on January 1, 1995. The agreement, under the WTO umbrella, is the first to establish worldwide rules on trade and investment in services. Trade in services includes all economic activities whose outputs are other than tangible goods, including but not limited to, banking, insurance, transportation, communications and data processing, retail and wholesale trade, advertising, professional services, audiovisual, education, health care and tourism.
