There is scope for such flexiblity. As long as decisions to liberalize or facilitate trade or invcstment do not introduce new discrimination among producers by their location or origin, they will be consistent with the MFN principle of Article l of the CATT/WTO. Therefore, goverments are free to decide on the scope and speed of any non-discriminatory reductions of impediments to international economic transactions The process can begin with some reduction of obstacles to trade in selected sectors, without requiring a binding commitment to eliminate fully all barriers to trade in substantially all products within a specified period (4).