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General Agreement on Trade in ServicesThe agreement, negotiated in the Uruguay Round that brings international trade in services into the WTO. It provides for countries to provide national treatment to foreign service providers and for them to select and negotiate the service sectors to be covered under GATS.Similar MatchesReciprocal trade agreementReciprocal trade agreementAgreement between two countries to open their markets to each other's exports, usually by each reducing tariffs. Early trade rounds under the GATT consisted mostly of reciprocal trade agreements, extended to other contracting parties by the MFN requirement. Schengen AgreementSchengen AgreementAn agreement (later, convention) signed in 1985 to remove all frontier controls and permit free movement of persons between the participating countries. In 1999 it was incorporated into the European Union. Currently (2001), the participants include all EU countries except Ireland and the U.K., plus Iceland and Norway. Forward rate agreement (FRA)Forward rate agreement (FRA)Agreement to borrow or lend at a specified future date at an interest rate that is fixed today. Canada-US Free Trade AgreementCanada-US Free Trade AgreementA free trade agreement between Canada and the United States signed in 1989 and superceded by the NAFTA in 1994. Investment agreementInvestment agreementAn contract specifying the rights and responsibilities of a host government and a corporation in the structure and operation of an investment project. Further SuggestionsTRIPs AgreementGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Lease purchase agreement Bretton Woods Agreement Buttonwood Agreement Cofinancing agreements Cash deficiency agreement Bond agreement client agreement Selected dealer agreement Subscription agreement Europe Agreement Voluntary restraint agreement Lending agreement Multilateral agreement Throughput agreement Smithsonian Agreement Bretton Woods Agreement Fiscal agency agreement mortgage agreement in principle Plurilateral agreement Association Agreement Underwriting agreement Commodity agreement Bilateral agreement |
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