Services are key for sustainable development. Services include such activities as healthcare, transport, or the provision of water or energy. It is crucial that ongoing negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to liberalize trade in services not undermine the pursuit of sustainable development. Instead, new WTO obligations on services trade should support and compliment governments’ obligations and efforts to protect the environment and human rights and to promote social and economic progress. To allow for this to happen, WTO Members must take urgent action.