SMEs in Services Trade – a GATS Perspective.




The working paper Seeks to provide an overview of issues that WTO members might want to address in the WTO, from promoting compliance with transparency disciplines under existing provisions to advancing the liberalization and rule-making mandates of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) with an SME focus.

Working Paper on SMEs in Services Trade – a GATS Perspective (2012)


Location: Palais des Nations, Av. de la Paix 8-14, 1211 Genève, Switzerland

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