The third of a series prepared by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. Like the Agreement on Agriculture, the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) contains a ‘built-in agenda' mandating Members to reopen market access negotiations on services by 1 January 2000. As provided for in GATS Article XIX:3, Members adopted "negotiating guidelines and procedures" (‘Guidelines', S/L/93) for these negotiations in March 2001.
