Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
4-2012
Abstract
The interpretation of GATS Article V, which deals with economic integration, is of crucial importance to the growing number of economic integration agreements (EIAs) in services, in terms of dispute settlement, services negotiations, the WTO review of EIAs, the coordination between multilateralism and EIAs, and best practices in drawing up EIAs. However, the Article has received insufficient study and remains vague.This paper takes China's eight EIAs as test cases for interpreting GATS Article V and argues that GATS commitments may be an appropriate threshold for interpreting the Article, in particular the substantial sectoral coverage and elimination of discrimination requirements, which are probably among the major challenges.
Keywords
China, dispute resolution, economic integration, General Agreement on Trade in Services, trade flow, trade policy, trade relations, World Trade Organization
Discipline
Asian Studies | International Trade Law
Research Areas
Public International Law, Regional and Trade Law
Publication
Journal of World Trade
Volume
46
Issue
2
First Page
397
Last Page
438
ISSN
1011-6702
Identifier
10.54648/trad2012013
Publisher
Kluwer Law International
Citation
WANG, Heng.
The Interpretation of GATS disciplines on economic integration: GATS commitments as a threshold?. (2012). Journal of World Trade. 46, (2), 397-438.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4470
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Publisher
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.54648/trad2012013