En stor del af den liberalisering i servicesektorerne, der fandt sted under Uruguay-runden, var ligesom for varer autonom, og de fleste af initiativerne kom fra udviklingslande og de tidligere planøkonomiske lande, hvoraf nogle havde opretholdt de mest lukkede markeder.
However, much of the liberalization in services sectors made during the Uruguay Round negotiations was on an autonomous basis, as it was for goods, and the majority of moves were by developing countries and the former centrally planned economies, some of which had maintained the most closed markets.