Developing countries and preferential services trade / Charlotte Sieber-Gasser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sieber-Gasser, Charlotte, 1982- author.

Series:

Cambridge international trade and economic law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Service industries--Law and legislation--Developing countries.

Service industries.

Foreign trade regulation--Developing countries.

Foreign trade regulation.

Service industries--Law and legislation.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 328 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

WTO law sets the global minimum standards for trade regulation, while allowing some regulatory flexibility for developing countries. The exact scope of regulatory flexibility is often unclear and, at times, flexibility may be counterproductive to sustainable economic growth in developing countries. Undisputedly, developing countries would have some flexibility with respect to tailoring preferential services trade agreements to their individual economic needs and circumstances, but empirical data from over 280 preferential services trade agreements worldwide shows that this flexibility is rarely used. This volume clarifies the regulatory scope of flexibility for preferential services trade agreements between developing countries by linking the legal interpretation of WTO law with evidence from research in economics and political sciences. The book suggests that the current regulatory framework leaves room for meaningful flexibility for developing countries, and encourages policymakers and scholars to take these flexibilities into consideration in their design and study of trade policies.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jul 2016).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316569412

Access Restriction:

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