general agreement on trade in services (gats) -as one of the most important agreements of wto- provides some principles and commitments on services such as rail transport services. countries applicants for accession to wto have to correspond their legal and economic structures in the field of this section with gats principles. however, working groups of applicant countries can make some exempti...

the article depicts the situation before cold war in which developing countries (dcs) and least developed countries (ldcs) found themselves big loser, as they were deprived from participation in trade negotiation process, leading into establishment of gatt . therefore, they resorted to unctad  as the sole defender of their interests against developed countries in trade negotiations. unctad has ...