Working Party on GATS Rules

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WTO body negotiating group subsidiary body of the Council for Trade in Services

The Working Party on GATS Rules is a specialized WTO body that negotiates and develops disciplines and rules related to the General Agreement on Trade in Services, including areas such as subsidies, safeguards, and government procurement of services.

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Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	WTO body ⓘ negotiating group ⓘ subsidiary body of the Council for Trade in Services ⓘ
abbreviation	WPGR ⓘ
aim	clarify and strengthen GATS rules ⓘ ensure predictability in trade in services ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
establishedBy	WTO Council for Trade in Services decision ⓘ
fieldOfWork	international trade in services ⓘ trade in services regulation ⓘ trade rules ⓘ
governingOrganization	World Trade Organization ⓘ
hasMember	WTO member ⓘ
hasOutput	draft legal texts on GATS rules ⓘ reports to the Council for Trade in Services ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis	General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ
locatedInOrganization	World Trade Organization ⓘ surface form: World Trade Organization, Geneva
mandate	develop disciplines on government procurement of services ⓘ develop emergency safeguard measures for trade in services ⓘ develop rules under the General Agreement on Trade in Services ⓘ negotiate disciplines on subsidies in services ⓘ
parentOrganization	Council for Trade in Services ⓘ
participation	open to all WTO members ⓘ
partOfProcess	Doha Development Agenda ⓘ
reportsTo	Council for Trade in Services ⓘ
subjectOf	negotiations on GATS rules ⓘ
topic	government procurement of services ⓘ safeguard measures in services ⓘ subsidies in services ⓘ
website	https://www.wto.org ⓘ
workArea	GATS Article X emergency safeguard measures ⓘ GATS Article XIII government procurement ⓘ GATS subsidies disciplines ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee on Specific Commitments → coordinatesWith → Working Party on GATS Rules ⓘ

Council for Trade in Services → hasSubordinateBody → Working Party on GATS Rules ⓘ

CTS → hasSubsidiaryBody → Working Party on GATS Rules ⓘ

subject surface form: Council for Trade in Services