A. Dedusenko, PhD in Law, M.I.L.E. of the World Trade Institute, Joint-Stock Foreign Trade Company “Exima”, Head of the Contracts and Claims Division

Policy of any country on recognition of documents on education and academic status can have a direct impact on liberalization of both trade in goods and services. In an effort to minimize risks of discrimination, imposition of non-tariff barriers and in order to increase level of trade liberalization the General Agreement on Trade in Services contains provisions, establishing mechanism of notification and monitoring of current and future measures of the WTO Members on recognition.

The mechanism is a subject of a thorough analysis provided in this paper. The author presents examination of the “WTO law” provisions in correllation with multilateral and bilateral agreements of the Russian Federation on recognition and its position at the WTO accession negotiations.