Annex V. Extract from the General Agreement on Trade in Services Reproduced below are the preamble and part I of the text
of the General Agreement on Trade in Services,
a
which
defines the scope of the agreement as concerns trade in
services.
General Agreement on Trade in Services Members,
Recognizing the growing importance of trade in
services for the growth and development of the world
economy;
Wishing to establish a multilateral framework of
principles and rules for trade in services with a view to
the expansion of such trade under conditions of
transparency and progressive liberalisation and as a
means of promoting the economic growth of all trading
