Market access is the most important liberalizing principle in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It entails a general prohibition of quantitative restrictions, which however is conditional on commitments undertaken by Members in their respective Schedules of Commitments. Case-law...

The multilateral legal framework governing trade in services -- Barriers to trade in services -- Domestic regulations and the GATS -- Creating a horizontal necessity test for services -- Transparency and domestic regulations in services