Services underpin all forms of international trade and all aspects of global economic activity.
The liberalization of services markets enhances economic growth, and helps provide developing countries with essential infrastructure to speed their modernization. It provides increased choice and opportunities for consumers of the broadest range of products and services at the lowest cost. Negotiations on services in the WTO present governments with the opportunity to liberalise trade in services by committing themselves to reducing barriers to market entry in all modes of supply, and to reform domestic regulations that hinder fair and open markets. The WTO negotiations on services should be used to achieve a contestable, competitive market in every services sector in every WTO member country. Implement and enforce all GATS commitments and in particular the services agreements already negotiated.