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The General Agreement on Trade in Services (the "GATS"), negotiated and concluded as a result of the…

Medical treatment abroad, vacation travel and enrolling in courses abroad all involve the consumer travelling to the supplier's territory to consume the service, the…

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The General Agreement on Trade in Services (the "GATS"), negotiated and concluded as a result of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, when it came into effect in 1995 was the first multilateral agreement covering this important and growing area of trade in services. Article I: 2 of the GATS defines the concept of "trade in services" as "the supply of a service" within one of four defined "modes of supply": (a) from the territory of one Member into the territory of any other Member (Mode 1-Cross-border Supply); (b) in the territory of one Member to the service consumer of any other Member (Mode 2-Consumption Abroad); (c) by a service supplier of one Member, through commercial presence in the territory of any other Member (Mode 3-Commercial Presence); (d) by a service supplier of one Member, through presence of natural persons of a Member in the territory of any other Member (Mode 4-Movement of Natural Persons). Identify which of the following is/are examples of Consumption Abroad (Mode 2)

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Medical treatment abroad, vacation travel and enrolling in courses abroad all involve the consumer travelling to the supplier's territory to consume the service, the defining feature of Consumption Abroad, so "All of the given options are correct".

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