Negotiations now underway in Geneva are designed to subject an ever-greater range of democratic policy-making decisions to oversight -- and possible overturning -- by the World Trade Organization (WTO). These negotiations behind closed doors are expanding the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The ultimate goal is to commercialize every service sector in every WTO country -- including essential services such as health care, education, and drinking water.This book exposes the WTO's secretive "services" agreement to the light of public scrutiny. Meticulously researched, it explains the meaning and intent of technical and arcane treaty clauses in understandable terms. This makes it an essential resource, not only for researchers, academics, policy-makers, and activists, but for anyone concerned about the impact of globalization in their community and country.

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