Executive Summary

The overlap between trade and investment is most evident in the services sector. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) expressly applies to measures affecting the supply of a service by a service supplier of one Member inter alia through commercial presence in the territory of any other Member (Art. I:2 (c)). This chapter focuses on the issue of coordination, or lack of coordination, between the myriad international agreements covering investment in services, whether at the bilateral, regional or multilateral level. Highlighting the different levels of ...