Opening markets for trade in services : countries and sectors in bilateral and WTO negotiations / edited by Juan A. Marchetti and Martin Roy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marchetti, Juan A., editor.

Martin, Roy, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Service industries.

International trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 759 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Trade in services is an increasingly important part of global trade and, as such, figures prominently in multilateral, regional and bilateral trade negotiations. In this volume of essays, academics, negotiators and experts from various international organizations explore the achievements of such negotiations, together with the challenges and opportunities which arise and the motivations that come into play in such negotiations. The contributions highlight issues in important services sectors, such as distribution, energy, finance, telecommunications, air transport and the postal and audiovisual sectors, as well as areas such as cross-border trade and government procurement. Case studies look into the experiences of specific countries. The focus on sector analysis and country experiences sheds light on the state of services liberalization and the regulation of international trade in services at the beginning of the twenty-first century, making this an indispensable guide to ongoing and future international negotiations on this topic.

Contents:

Services trade and growth / Bernard Hoekman and Aaditya Mattoo

Services liberalization in the WTO and in PTAs / Juan A. Marchetti and Martin Roy

PTAs in services : friends of foes of the multilateral trading system? / Carsten Fink

Telecommunications : can trade agreements keep up with technology? / L. Lee Tuthill and Laura B. Sherman

The liberalization of cross-border trade in services : a developing country perspective / Sumanta Chaudhuri and Suparna Karmakar

Out of stock or just in time? : Doha and the liberalization of distribution services / Martin Roy

Air transport liberalization : a world apart / Pierre Latrille

Financial services liberalization in the WTO and PTAs / Juan A. Marchetti

Beyond the main screen : audiovisual services in PTAs / Martin Roy

The liberalization of postal and courier services : ready for delivery? / Ruosi Zhang

The liberalization of energy services : are PTAs more energetic than the GATS? / Mireille Cossy

Market access for government procurement of services : comparing recent PTAs with WTO achievements / Robert D. Anderson and Anna Caroline Müller

A warmer welcome? : Access for natural persons under PTAs / Antonia Carzaniga

GATS plus or minus? : Services commitments in comparative contexts for Colombia and Uruguay / J.P. Singh

Opening services markets at the regional level under the CAFTA-DR : the cases of Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic / Maryse Robert and Sherry Stephenson

Why isn't South Africa more pro-active in international services negotiations? / Peter Draper, Nkululeko Khumalo, and Matthew Stern

Services liberalization in PTAs and the WTO : the experiences of India and Singapore / Arpita Mukherjee

The domestic dynamics of preferential services liberalization : the experience of Australia and Thailand / Malcolm Bosworth and Ray Trewin

The Chilean experience in services negotiations / Sebastián Sáez

Appendix. A readers' guide to basic GATS concepts and negotiations.

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ISBN:

9780511812392

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