{"id":97,"date":"2011-01-11T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenstrade.org\/draft\/wto-services\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T05:09:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T09:09:59","slug":"wto-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/world-trade-organization-wto\/wto-services\/","title":{"rendered":"WTO &#038; Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New Resource:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/trade\/forms\/gats_search.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Public Citizen&#8217;s GATS Directory<\/a><br \/>\nThis tool is a work in progress designed to reflect and analyze some of the major effects of GATS rules on the service sector. It can be searched by service sector, issue, or keyword.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fact Sheets &amp; Reports<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/trade\/wto\/gats\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTO and The General Agreement on Trade in Services<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/trade\/articles.cfm?ID=15040\" target=\"_blank\">GATS in Brief<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/glossary_final_03-06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services Glossary<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/pdf\/SOS_background.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Save Our Services Series: Backgrounder<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/PC_Gats_Backgrounder_05-05.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Backgrounder on WTO Service Sector<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/gtw5-fact%20sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Sheet: EU\u2019s Service Demands under WTO\/GATS<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/HAlert.5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Harmonization of Water Services<\/a> Public Citizen<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oxfam.org\/en\/news\/pressreleases2006\/pr060427_wto\" target=\"_blank\">Report Warns Poor Countries Against Signing Bad Trade Deals<\/a> Oxfam, April 27, 2006<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/crsreports_doharound_09122005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Doha Development Agenda Negotiations and U.S. Goals<\/a> Congressional Research Service, September 12, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asje.org\/trade.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Trade and Investment in Services: The Stakes for Workers and the Environment<\/a> Alliance for Sustainable Jobs &amp; the Environment, February 2002<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/services_foe_2pg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Disservice to the Earth: The Environmental Impact of the GATS<\/a> Friends of the Earth<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/wrong_road_cancun.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">GATS: A Wrong Turn on the Road to Cancun<\/a> Alliance for Democracy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thealliancefordemocracy.org\/html\/eng\/1556-AA.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Opposition to the expansion of the WTO\u2019s GATS<\/a> Alliance for Democracy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles &amp; Statements<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pr_maineremovedfromwtoservices_04072006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Gov. Baldacci Removes Maine from Parts of WTO Services Agreement<\/a> Maine Fair Trade Coalition, April 7, 2006<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/oregonian_oregonseeksexclusion_04032006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon Seeks Global Trade Pact Exclusion<\/a> The Oregonian, April 3, 2006<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/guardian_developingstatesdefyeupushtoopenservices_12162005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Developing States Defy EU Push to Open Up Services<\/a> The Guardian, December 16, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/bbc_clashloomsonservicesatwto_12152005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Clash Looms on Services at WTO<\/a> BBC, December 15, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/cepr_costofwtoroundoutweighsbenefits_12152005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cost of WTO &#8220;Development Round&#8221; Could Outweigh Benefits<\/a> Center for Economic Policy Research, December 15, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/nyt_wtotalksmovingslowly_06142005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WTO Talks Moving Slowly, Chief Says<\/a> New York Times, June 14, 2005<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/world-trade-organization-wto\/\">Back to the main WTO page<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Resource: Public Citizen&#8217;s GATS Directory This tool is a work in progress designed to reflect and analyze some of the major effects of GATS rules on the service sector. 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