Debate: GATS and financial regulation

http://www.wto.org/ 20.09.2011 What is the relationship between the GATS and financial regulation? The financial crisis which started in 2007 brought strong pressure on governments to improve their financial regulatory regimes. What is the relationship between the GATS and governments' ability to regulate their banks and other financial institutions? Lori Wallach, director of Washington-based Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch Division, and Hamid Mamdouh, Director of the WTO's Services Division, discuss the topic with Keith Rockwell, WTO Spokesperson. More trade debates on this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/... More information about the WTO: http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/t...