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A comprehensive analysis of GATS that considers its historical context, the national preferences that shaped it, and a path to a GATS 2.0

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Abbreviations
Part One The Advent of GATS
Chapter 1: Before the GATS
Chapter 2: Negotiating the GATS
Chapter 3: Property Rights in the GATS
Conclusions to Part One
Part Two The GATS Disciplines and Institutions
Chapter 4: The Integration Model and Design of GATS
Chapter 5: The Scope of GATS
Chapter 6: Domestic Regulation
Chapter 7: Most Favoured Nation (MFN)
Chapter 8: Remaining General Obligations
Chapter 9: Specific Commitments
Chapter 10: Transparency
Chapter 11: Exceptions and Deviations
Conclusions to Part Two
Part Three Sector-Specific Analysis
Chapter 12: Financial Services
Chapter 13: Telecoms
Chapter 14: Transportation
Chapter 15: Labor Mobility
Conclusions to Part Three
Chapter 16: GATS and Beyond
Notes
References
Index

About the Author

Petros C. Mavroidis is Edwin B. ParkerProfessor of Law at Columbia Law School. He was previously a member of the Legal Affairs Division at the World Trade Organization.