Trade in services
The General Agreement on Trade in Services: The Legal Texts
The WTO Secretariat has produced an introduction to the GATS (Word) which provides an overview of the Agreement. To understand Members' commitments it is important to read both the GATS and the specific commitments that have been made.
- Full text of GATS (external treaties site)
- GATS Specific Commitments - How to Read a Schedule (external site)
- Australia's original GATS commitments [DOC 649KB] | [PDF 313KB]
Subsequent commitments and updates
- Telecommunications [DOC 79KB] | [PDF 188KB]
- Financial [DOC 93KB] | [PDF 159KB] (these supersede the original commitments) and update on financial services [DOC 77KB] | [PDF 137KB]
- Movement of Natural Persons [DOC 58KB] | [PDF 110KB]
- Other WTO Members' commitments (external site)
Contact us
We are continuing to refine Australia's negotiating positions on services in close consultation with stakeholders. Your views are welcome via e-mail at: services.negotiations@dfat.gov.au