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Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere

Part I: Sub-regional Trade and Integration Agreements
IV. Definitions: A. Trade in Services

WTO/GATS
PART I, Article I - Scope and Definition
Trade in services is defined as the supply of a service:
(a) from the territory of one Member into the territory of any other Member;
(b) in the territory of one Member to the service consumer of any other Member;
(c) by a service supplier of one Member, through commercial presence in the territory of any other Member;
(d) by a service supplier of one Member, through presence of natural persons of a Member in the territory of any other Member.

NAFTA
Chapter Twelve, Article 1213: Definitions
Cross-border provision of a service or cross-border trade in services means the provision of a service:
(a) from the territory of a Party into the territory of another Party,
(b) in the territory of a Party by a person of that Party to a person of another Party, or
(c) by a national of a Party in the territory of another Party.

Group of Three
Chapter X, Article 10-01: Definitions
Trade in services: the supply of a service:
(a) from the territory of a Party into the territory of another Party;
(b) in the territory of a Party to a consumer of another Party;
(c) through the presence of service suppliers enterprises of one Party in the territory of another Party;
(d) by nationals or natural persons of one Party in the territory of another Party.

CACM

CARICOM

Andean Community

Central America/Dominican Republic

Mercosur

Bolivia/Mercosur

Chile/Mercosur

 
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