Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere
Part I: Sub-regional Trade and Integration Agreements
III. Coverage: A. Measures
WTO/GATS
Universal Coverage.
Obligations are specific, as related to individual sectoral commitments, and general, covering all trade in services; both are legally binding commitments.
NAFTA
Universal coverage of traded services, subject to same exceptions (see section C).
Chapter Twelve, Article 1201: Scope and Coverage
Measures adopted or maintained by a Party relating to cross-border trade in services by service providers of another Party, including measures respecting:
(a) the production, distribution, marketing, sale and delivery of a service;
(b) the purchase or use of, or payment for, a service;
(c) the access to and use of distribution and transportation systems in connection with the provision of a service;
(d) the presence in its territory of a service provider of another Party; and
(e) the provision of a bond or other form of financial security as a condition for the provision of a service.
Group of Three
Universal coverage of traded services, subject to same exceptions (see section C).
Chapter X, Article 10-02: Application Scope
Measures adopted or maintained by a Party relating to trade in services by service providers of another Party, including measures respecting:
(a) the production, distribution, marketing, sale and delivery of a service;
(b) the purchase or use of, or payment for, a service;
(c) the access to and use of distribution and transportation systems in connection with the provision of a service;
(d) the access to public telecommunication services and the use of their networks;
(e) the presence in its territory of a service provider of another Party; and
(f) the provision of a bond or other form of financial security as a condition for the provision of a service.
CACM
CARICOM
Andean Community
Central America/Dominican Republic
Mercosur
Bolivia/Mercosur
Chile/Mercosur
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