A Handbook on Reading WTO Goods and Services Schedules

This is a detailed guide to reading WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services.

Understanding how to interpret WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services is essential for anyone wishing to glean information for academic, official or business purposes. Commissioned and reviewed by the WTO Secretariat, this is a detailed guide to reading WTO Schedules.This is a detailed guide on how to read WTO Schedules of Commitments for Goods and Services. The Schedules are part of the Legal Texts of the WTO Uruguay Round Agreements. They comprise about 27,000 pages of specific commitments by 153 members of the WTO on market access conditions for their markets. Understanding how to interpret the Schedules is essential for anyone wishing to glean information for academic, official, or business purposes. Commissioned and reviewed by the WTO Secretariat, this is a unique guide to understanding the Schedules.