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GATS

 
 
/ɡæts/ noun ECONOMICS, POLITICS

Definition

abbreviation for General Agreement on Trade in Services: an agreement between the countries of the World Trade Organization to treat companies in the same way as companies from your own country
(Definition of GATS noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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