GATS 2000:THE SCALE OF SERVICE MARKET ACCESS (Skala otwarcia rynku uslug w wyniku negocjacji GATS 2000)

In 2000, a new round of WTO negotiations on services was launched, called the Uruguay Round agreement. These negotiations were conducted during the Doha Round in 2001. The talks aimed to increase the sectoral coverage of commitments. During the Doha Round the improvement of GATS commitments was offered, but the gap between offers and actual policy remains large. The best offers submitted so far improve current GATS commitments by about 10 per cent, but remain on average twice as restrictive as actual policy. They generate no additional market opening.