services of general economic interest
Services which do not qualify for any governmental authority exclusion, i.e. commercial services with a shrinking public component (the public component must shrink, and transition to market based entirely.) Note, this only applies in services with government involvement at the federal, state or local level or when the government has control or where tax money is used see definition of "all measures of general application".
GATS - can an educational sector in a country be exempted as a public service or is it a service of general economic interest
(i.e. public option, like almost all services in the US) and subject to the many GATS rules designed to tear it up and privatize it?
Similarly, for healthcare.
What is a "measure" under the GATS?
See also this article