WTO domestic regulation and services trade : putting principles into practice / edited by Aik Hoe Lim and Bart de Meester.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lim, Aik Hoe, editor.

De Meester, Bart, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Organization.

Foreign trade regulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Other Title:

WTO Domestic Regulation & Services Trade

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

Domestic regulation of services sectors has a significant impact on services trade liberalization, which is why General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) disciplines are negotiated in the WTO. With the help of analyses and case-studies from academics, regulators and trade experts, this book explores the scope and limits of WTO legal principles to promote domestic regulatory reform. Case-studies discuss country-specific challenges and experiences of regulating important service sectors, such as finance, telecommunications, distribution, legal, education, health, postal and logistics services, as well as the role of regulatory impact assessments. The findings will interest trade officials, policy-makers, regulators, think tanks and businesses concerned with the implications of domestic regulation on access to services markets, and with the opportunities for formulating trade disciplines in this area. It is also a useful resource for academics and students researching regulatory approaches and practices in services sectors.

Contents:

List of contributors

Foreword

Disclaimer and acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

An introduction to domestic regulation and GATS / Aik Hoe Lim and Bart De Meester

Impediments to services trade, regulatory theory and principles

Why regulate? : an overview of the rationale and purpose behind regulation / Tinne Heremans

Domestic regulation : what are the costs and benefits for international trade in services? / Hildegunn Kyvik Nords

Legal perspectives on WTO principles and domestic regulations

Reasonableness, impartiality and objectivity / Andrew Mitchell and Tania Voon

balancing legal certainty with regulatory flexibility / Markus Krajewski

Who's afraid of necessity? : and why it matters? / Panagiotis Delimatsis

Mutual recognition of services regulation at the WTO / Joel P. Trachtman

Case-studies

Legal services in the United States / Erica Moeser and Laurel Terry

Telecommunications reform in China : fostering competition through state intervention / Henry Gao

Information communication technology : the Mauritian experience of regulation and reform / Krishna Oolun

Regulation of postal services in a changing market environment : lessons from Australia and elsewhere / Siva Somasundram and Iain Sandford

Mobile money services provision in East Africa : the Ugandan experience / Joan Apecu, Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo and Yusuf Atiku Abdalla

Financial services liberalization and regulation in Japan : implications for future negotiation on market access and domestic regulations / Masamichi Kono, Koichi Iwai and Yoshitaka Sakai

Domestic regulations in Malaysia's higher education sector / Tham Siew Yean and Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod

Domestic regulations and India's trade in health services : a study of hospital and telemedicine services / Rupa Chanda and Pralok Gupta

Operating integrated logistics services in a fragmented regulatory environment : what is the cost? / Ruosi Zhang

Domestic regulation of retail food distribution services in Israel : the missing link between food prices and social protest / Tomer Broude and Lior Herman

Regulatory impact analysis : addressing the trade and regulatory nexus / Darrell Porter and Lauren Wight

Concluding remarks

Services liberalization, negotiations and regulation : some lessons from the gats experience / Hamid Mamdouh

Addressing the domestic regulation and services trade interface : reflections on the way ahead / Aik Hoe Lim and Bart De Meester

Abbreviations

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781107476448

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.