World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakech Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries. WTO provides a framework for negotiating and formalizing trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participant's adherence to WTO agreements.

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    • GATS score and Best PTA score for each Member, by Selected Service Sectors
      April 2012
      Source: World Trade Organization
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 06 May, 2019
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      Index score per member for selected services sectors For methodology and acronyms see the WTO Staff Working Paper "Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: An Expanded Dataset".  The index score is brought within a scale of 0 to 100 for each sector, with 100 representing full commitments (i.e., without limitations) across all relevant sub-sectors of a sector grouping.  "GATS" reflects the index value for both GATS commitments and services offer in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda.  "PTA" reflects the index value for a Member's 'best' PTA commitments across all its PTAs, for each sub-sector.  The index value is for both mode 1 (cross-border trade) and mode 3 (commercial presence).  The score for EU commitments is for the EC-15.   
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    • Index scores for GATS commitments and Best PTA Commitments, by Member and mode of supply
      December 2008
      Source: World Trade Organization
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 06 May, 2019
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      Index score per member on the basis of 'best' RTA commitments For methodology and acronyms see the WTO Staff Working Paper "Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: An Expanded Dataset".  The index score is brought within a scale of 0 to 100 for each sector, with 100 representing full commitments (i.e., without limitations) across all relevant sub-sectors.  "GATS" reflects the index value for both GATS commitments and services offer in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda.  "PTA" reflects the index value for a Member's 'best' PTA commitments across all its PTAs.  The score for EU commitments is for the EC-15.  For methodology and acronyms see the WTO Staff Working Paper "Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: An Expanded Dataset".  The index score is brought within a scale of 0 to 100 for each sector, with 100 representing full commitments (i.e., without limitations) across all relevant sub-sectors.  "GATS" reflects the index value for both GATS commitments and services offer in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda.  "PTA" reflects the index value for a Member's 'best' PTA commitments across all its PTAs.  The score for EU commitments is for the EC-15. 
    • Index Scores for GATS Commitments and PTA Commitments, by PTA
      December 2008
      Source: World Trade Organization
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 06 May, 2019
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      Index score per agreement For methodology, see the WTO Staff Working Paper "Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: An Expanded Dataset". The index score is brought within a scale of 0 to 100 for each sector, with 100 representing full commitments (i.e., without limitations) across all relevant sub-sectors. "GATS" reflects the index value for both GATS commitments and services offer in the ongoing Doha Development Agenda. The index value is for both mode 1 (cross-border trade) and mode 3 (commercial presence). The score for EU commitments is for the EC-15.
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    • Proportion of Services Sub-Sectors where PTA Commitments Go Beyond GATS
      December 2008
      Source: World Trade Organization
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 06 May, 2019
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      Proportion of sub-sectors with GATS commitments in RTAs, per member For methodology and acronyms see the WTO Staff Working Paper "Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: An Expanded Dataset".  "GATS" stands here for GATS commitments and DDA services offers.  "PTA" here refers to a Member's 'best' PTA commitments across all its PTAs.  The percentage of sub-sectors for EU commitments refers to those of the EU-15. 
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