Executive Council Statement
The General Agreement on Trade in Services
… New Orleans, Louisiana U.S. trade negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) are currently seeking to expand an existing trade agreement called the General Agreement on Trade in Services, or GATS. Negotiators are not only … unions and other civil society groups from around the world. The assessment is necessary to guide negotiators in their work and to enable politicians and the public to provide educated input into these negotiations. As a condition of future … the core labor standards, which are defined by the International Labor Organization to include freedom of association, the right to organize and bargain collectively, and prohibitions on child labor, forced labor, and discrimination in employment. …