Rules for Trade in Services 2.0: Adapting the GATS to a Changing Trade Landscape

This book explores the adaptation process of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to a constantly changing trade and policy context. The volume examines the contribution of the WTO negotiating, adjudicative and deliberative functions to adapting the GATS to changing circumstances.

Gabriel Gari is a trade lawyer working for the UK Department for Business and Trade. Prior to this position, Gabriel was Reader in International Economic Law at Queen Mary, University of London, where he spent over a decade and a half researching on the governance of trade in services. Gabriel has consulted with numerous international organisations and industry associations and provided training for government officials. He has published extensively on his area of expertise and has a combined twenty years’ experience on international trade law as an academic and practitioner. Gabriel holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London, an LLM from the London School of Economics, and degrees in law and in sociology from Universidad de la República del Uruguay.