The provisions are in conformity on an hourlyly level with the relevant sections of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 and the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Both GATT and GATS are documents established by World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements and limit subsequent bilateral agreements such as the Australian-American Agreement. Free Trade Agreement. Latham reacted unexpectedly by subordining labors` support for the free trade agreement to a change meant to protect the PBS. [9] This effectively turned Howard`s page: if the government rejected change as unnecessary, it would open up to claims that it was not protecting Australian interests; if it supported the amendment, it implicitly acknowledged that the original terms of the agreement were insufficient. The law was eventually amended and passed.