Tension is intensifying in the education sector in the context of on-going negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) aimed to achieve widespread trade liberalization, including trade in education services. These negotiations are progressing under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). The November 2001 Doha Development Agenda was launched by WTO members to achieve, among other things, further liberalization. This includes the export education industry, with agreement slated to be reached by 2005. Pursuing free trade in the education sector requires dealing with education according to trade law principles. This conflicts with the protection of the right to education in international human rights law.