Modes Of Services Delivery

Modes of services delivery in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, modes of services delivery is: during the Uruguay Round negotiations on the GATS, participants agreed to divide services trade into four modes: 1. cross-border supply, where the producer remains in one territory and the consumer in another; 2. consumption abroad, where the consumer travels from one country to the country of the service producer to obtain the service; 3. commercial presence, where services are provided through establishment of an operation in the other country; and 4. presence of natural persons, where the producer travels from one country to another to produce or deliver a service. This approach is useful for analytical purposes, but it has made the listing of commitments more complex than need be the case. See also cross-border trade in services, services and trade in services.[1]

Modes of services deliveryin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Modes of services delivery” entry (OAS)

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