Research on “Security Exceptions Clause” of GATS

Abstract

Nowadays, with the rapid development of Internet technology and communication technology, the status of service industry in the global economy is rising day by day, the global service trade is growing, and the service trade market is further opened and liberalized. In this context, the study of General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) under the WTO is of great significance for China to legally use this Agreement and protect China’s national interests. Among the many provisions of GATS and WTO, the “Security Exceptions clause” is undoubtedly very characteristic. In the current practice, many countries invoke the Exceptions clause of GATT, and scholars have done more research on it. Compared with GATT, there are few cases involving the “Security Exceptions clause” of the GATS, and scholars have relatively few studies on it. Based on this, this paper studies the application of “Security Exceptions clause” of the GATS.