Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
- Agreement on Safeguards
- General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
- Trade Policy Review Mechanism
- Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
- Agreement on Government Procurement
- GATT Disputes
- WTO Disputes
- Index by Subject
- Index by Case
General Agreement on Trade in Services
from Volume 2
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2017
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
- Agreement on Safeguards
- General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
- Trade Policy Review Mechanism
- Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
- Agreement on Government Procurement
- GATT Disputes
- WTO Disputes
- Index by Subject
- Index by Case
Summary
PREAMBLE
TEXT OF THE PREAMBLE
Members,
Recognizing the growing importance of trade in services for the growth and development of the world economy;
Wishing to establish a multilateral framework of principles and rules for trade in services with a view to the expansion of such trade under conditions of transparency and progressive liberalization and as a means of promoting the economic growth of all trading partners and the development of developing countries;
Desiring the early achievement of progressively higher levels of liberalization of trade in services through successive rounds of multilateral negotiations aimed at promoting the interests of all participants on a mutually advantageous basis and at securing an overall balance of rights and obligations, while giving due respect to national policy objectives;
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- WTO Analytical IndexGuide to WTO Law and Practice, pp. 1312 - 1384Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012