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The preferential liberalization of trade in services : comparative regionalism / edited by Pierre Sauvé, Anirudh Shingal ; Subhashini Abeysinghe [and nine others], contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Service industries.
- Tariff preferences.
- Commerce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (458 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Services account for three quarters of GDP in many countries but less than a quarter of global trade. This insightful volume assesses recent evidence on services trade barriers, the extent to which preferential trade agreements liberalize trade in services and whether such liberalization benefits only participants or extends to non-member countries. It provides an excellent overview of the state of knowledge in this important area, as well as a number of detailed case studies of recent trade agreements that include services.'- Bernard Hoekman, European University Institute, Italy
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; About the editors; Contributors; Introduction and overview; PART I Overall trends; 1. Services commitments in preferential trade agreements: surveying the empirical landscape; 2. The preferential liberalization of services trade: eEconomic insights; 3. Do negotiated agreements foster trade in services? Evidence from PTAs; PART II Comparative regionalism; 4. Innovating regionalism: the Americas; 5. Services trade in the European Union: internal and external approaches to market opening; 6. Services preferences in Africa: perspectives and challenges
- 7. Mapping the universe of services disciplines in Asian PTAs8. Services trade in South Asia: the India-Sri Lanka CEPA; 9. Much ado about nothing much? Australian PTAs in services; PART III Final thoughts; 10. Reflections on the nature of preferences in services; 11. A plurilateral agenda for services? Assessing the case for a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA); Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78254-896-3
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