More Likeness as Competitiveness

The trend continues, this time under the GATS.  This is from yesterday's China - Electronic Payment Services panel report:

7.702 In the light of the above, we consider that a likeness determination should be based on arguments and evidence that pertain to the competitive relationship of the services being compared.  As in goods cases where a panel assesses whether a particular product is a "like product", the determination must be made on the basis of the evidence as a whole. If it is determined that the services in question in a particular case are essentially or generally the same in competitive terms, those services would, in our view, be "like" for purposes of Article XVII.