Services Trade under the WTO
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 31 January 2026
Trade,
Research Papers | Tags:
Services Trade,
Trade Governance,
WTO The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is one of the four pillars of the World Trade Organization (WTO), established in 1995. Although services have always been traded, they were considered non-tradable both by policy makers and by scholars at the time.
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Ensuring Coherence Between Services, Digital, Competition, and IP Protocols in the AfCFTA
17 January 2025 | 14.00-15.00 CET | Online Trade,
Webinar | Tags:
Africa,
Digital Economy,
Services Trade,
Trade Governance The AfCFTA digital protocol emphasizes the importance of promoting local digital content and services. How could the services; competition; and intellectual property protocols support this objective?
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The Digital Protocol in the AfCFTA and the JSI on E-Commerce
15 November 2024 |14.00-15.00 CET | Online Trade,
Webinar | Tags:
Africa,
Digital Economy,
Services Trade,
Trade Governance This webinar series will bring together experts on digital trade and development, trade law, digital infrastructure and stakeholders from business and trade policy makers to explore how developing countries, particularly in Africa, can benefit from open and well-regulated digital services markets.
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Technical Standards in Services and Trade Governance
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 8 May 2024
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Artificial Intelligence,
Digital Economy,
International Standards,
Services Trade,
Trade Governance Standards can potentially resolve the trade-off between regulatory certainty and space for innovation, provided they are recognized and accepted by law enforcement bodies.
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Digital Industrialization: Building Internationally Competitive Digital Industries With Global Value Chain Connectivity
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås,
Rupa Chanda,
Yose Rizal Damuri,
Jane Drake-Brockman,
Dionisius Narjoko,
Neha Mishra,
Matthew Stephenson and
Makoto Yokazawa | 14 October 2022
Trade,
Policy Briefs | Tags:
Digital Economy,
Trade Governance Formulating domestic strategies to develop digital industries and increase participation in fast growing “tech trade” has emerged as a policy priority across the G20. This requires a balancing act between industrialization versus employment objectives, data protection and national security goals versus international competitiveness and openness.
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Fostering Global Cooperation
Henry Gao | 10 June 2022
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Climate Change,
Digital Governance,
Trade Governance,
WTO As the world enters 2022, the global trading system seems to be stuck in a deep crisis: the trade war between the US and China continues into another year with most of the additional tariffs staying in place and the only things missing are the
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The WTO is Back in Business?
Jane Drake-Brockman | 10 December 2021
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Services Trade,
Trade Governance,
WTO The building on Lake Geneva which houses the WTO stands as the symbol of the multilateral trading system and the bastion of global non-discrimination in trade governance. Meetings held under WTO auspices, whether physical or virtual, attract global participation by all trading partners. No other
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Postponing the WTO Ministerial Conference – Making the Unexpected Breathing Space a Turning Point
Oliver Braunschweig and
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås | 6 December 2021
Trade,
Blog | Tags:
Agricultural Trade,
Health,
Services Trade,
Trade Governance,
WTO The WTO 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), which was due to take place in Geneva from 30 November – 3 December, was postponed indefinitely last minute due to new COVID-19 travel restrictions. Despite hectic activity on a rather modest agenda during the run-up to the event,
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