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Trade in Services
World Trade Organization (WTO) and Services
Welcome to Canada’s GATS Contact Point
Canada's on-line General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
contact point is an initiative aimed at providing information on
the Canadian services market that will help developing country service
suppliers sell their services in Canada. A key objective of the
GATS, and one that is strongly shared by Canada, is to increase
the participation of developing countries in world services trade.
Article
IV of the GATS agreement calls on developed country WTO members
to establish contact points to facilitate the access of developing
country Members’ service suppliers to information related
to their respective markets concerning:
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commercial and technical aspects of the supply of services;
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registration, recognition and obtaining of professional qualifications,
and;
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the availability of services technology.
Canada's online GATS contact point provides an avenue through which
developing country service suppliers can obtain this information
quickly and accurately1.
Table of Contents
The sole purpose of this site is to facilitate
the access of services suppliers, particularly developing country
services suppliers, to information on the Canadian services market.
It does not form part of Canada's trade in services obligations
or commitments under any international agreement to which it is
a party, nor does it have any legal value or status with respect
to the interpretation of such obligations or commitments.
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