Research on the Legal Binding Force of the General Agreement on Trade in Services

Author: Hosted by Feng
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is characterized by its principle-based and abstract nature, which may give the impression of weak legal binding force. Although judicial practices concerning trade in services within the WTO system are not yet very abundant, the trend of GATS's increasing legal binding force has begun to emerge. This book, guided by the general principles and rules of treaty law, closely combines with the settled cases of trade in services in the WTO dispute settlement practice, conducts an in-depth study of the precise meanings of several major concepts and core norms of GATS, and reveals the increasingly strengthened binding force of GATS on the behavior of WTO member governments.