OTTAWA--Canada's public postal system is under threat at the WTO by a proposed expansion of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which is being promoted by the world's largest courier companies.
Following the setback to planned negotiations on competition policy and investment suffered at last year's WTO ministerial meeting in Cancun, these companies are seeking to gain access to new markets through the expanded use of so-called "pro-competitive" rules in the GATS.