Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services

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The Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services is a World Trade Organization instrument that clarifies and strengthens member countries’ market access and national treatment commitments in the financial services sector under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf GATS-related instrument
WTO legal instrument
international trade agreement instrument
adoptionMode incorporated by reference in Members’ schedules of commitments
aimsTo provide greater certainty for financial service suppliers
reduce barriers to trade in financial services
support integration of financial services markets
appliesTo WTO Members that adopt it in their schedules of commitments
banking services
insurance services
securities and other financial services
basedOn GATS principles of most-favoured-nation treatment
GATS principles of progressive liberalization
GATS principles of transparency
bindingEffect binding on WTO Members that have accepted it in their schedules
category General Agreement on Trade in Services
surface form: WTO services trade instrument
clarifies market access obligations in financial services under GATS Article XVI
national treatment obligations in financial services under GATS Article XVII
concerns commercial presence of foreign financial institutions
cross-border supply of financial services
presence of natural persons supplying financial services
fullName Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services self-link
function to enhance transparency of financial services commitments
to promote progressive liberalization of financial services trade
to provide additional disciplines for scheduling financial services commitments
governingBody World Trade Organization
legalFramework General Agreement on Trade in Services
legalNature supplementary interpretative instrument to GATS commitments
policyArea financial sector regulation and liberalization
international trade in services
purpose to clarify market access commitments in financial services under GATS
to clarify national treatment commitments in financial services under GATS
to strengthen member countries’ commitments in the financial services sector
relatedInstrument GATS Annexes
surface form: GATS Annex on Financial Services

WTO agreements
surface form: Schedules of Specific Commitments in Financial Services of WTO Members
relatesTo GATS Annexes
surface form: GATS Annex on Financial Services

schedules of specific commitments in financial services
relationshipToGATS operationalizes GATS disciplines in the financial services sector
supplements GATS provisions for financial services
scope financial services trade
sector financial services
shortName Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services self-linksurface differs
surface form: Understanding on Financial Services Commitments
subjectMatter liberalization of financial services trade
market access for foreign financial institutions
national treatment for foreign financial service suppliers
regulatory conditions affecting financial service suppliers
usedBy WTO dispute settlement as context for interpreting financial services commitments

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Committee on Trade in Financial Services legalBasis Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services
Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services fullName Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services self-link
Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services shortName Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Understanding on Financial Services Commitments