Specific Obligations of Telecommunication Services in the World Trade Organization

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Ph.D. Student in International Law, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

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World trade organization consists of different parts which a state should consider its obligations under these legal conditions. One of the important parts in the WTO is trade in services which imposes different obligations to the states by the rules of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The agreement covers trade in services in the 12 different service sectors and 150 sub-sectors. Communication services are one of its sectors and Telecommunication services is the sub sector in this service which has been supplied in different modes. Because of the importance of this sub-sector, various documents and annex have been established in this field since the states can apply their obligations and requirements automatically or imperatively. In this regard, this paper considers the specific commitments and documents related to the trade in telecommunication services in the WTO.

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Journal of Legal Research
Volume 18, Issue 37
May 2019
Pages 79-105

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