The GATT and the GATS: Should They Be Mutually Exclusive Agreements?

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-153

  Gaffney, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; General Agreement on Trade and Services; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963922258     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0922156599000035     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. P.D. Sutherland, Global Trade - The Next Challenge (Word Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, 28 January 1994) (not published). For a comprehensive overview of the results of the Uruguay Round.
2. see generally J. Bourgeois, F. Rerrod & E.G. Foumier (Eds.), The Uruguay Round Results (1995).
3. All references to the “GATT” shall denote the 1994 General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade, 33 ILM 112 (1994).
4. 1994 General Agreement on Trade and Services, 33 ILM 44 (1994).
5. For a detailed review of the GATS see F. Weiss, The General Agreement on Trade in Services, 32 CMLR 1177 (1995).
6. See J. Bhagwati, Economic Perspectives on Trade in Professional Services, 1 University of Chicago Legal Forum 45 (1986).
7. 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, reproduced in 8 ILM 679 (1969).
8. As McGovern observes: “[t]he meaning of the fmal qualification may require some elaboration”. See E. McGovern, International Trade Regulation 1.12-4 (1995) (loose-leaf binder).
9. 1957 Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community, 296 UNTS 17 (1958). See P. Oliver, Free Movement of Goods in the European Communities, 27 et seq. (1996).
10. Although it would appear that the findings of the Court of Justice were not based on the reasons proposed by the Advocate General; see case note by V. Hatzopoulos, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise v. Gerhart and Jorg Schindler, ECR 1994, at 1-1039, 32 CMLR 841, at 846 (1995
11. Panel Report United States Import Restrictions and Labelling of Tuna from Mexico, BISD 39S/155 reproduced in 30 ILM 1594 (1991).
12. See case note by J. Trachtman, GATTDispute Settlement Panel, 86 AJIL 142, at 150 (1992) (emphasis added).
13. The 1994 Agreement on Trade Related to Intellectual Property Rights, 33 ILM 424 (1994).