Handbook of GATS commitments; trade in services under the WTO

This Handbook presents in graphic format an overview of all services commitments made by 146 WTO Members as of December 2002. The detailed charts for each WTO Member are designed to answer the question: What services does this country allow foreign businesses to offer? The charts not only identify services sectors in which Members have undertaken legal commitments to allow foreign access, but also indicate the level of these commitments. The Handbook is intended as a tool for private companies, trade negotiators and researchers. For example, a private company seeking to invest abroad could refer to the book for an overview of market access opportunities in any one of the 146 WTO Member countries. The Handbook also identifies instances of unclear commitments in Members schedules. The book should help negotiators to review such cases in the current services round and therefore avoid ambiguities in the next generation of commitments.