Regulatory autonomy and international trade in services : the EU under GATS and RTAs / Bregt Natens, Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, Brussels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Natens, Bregt, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation--European Union countries.

Foreign trade regulation.

Free trade--European Union countries.

Free trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This book considers how the interplay between multilateral and preferential liberalisation of trade in services increasingly raises concerns, both from the perspective of the beneficiaries of such liberalisation (whose rights are uncertain) and that of regulators (whose regulatory autonomy is constrained). The author shows how these concerns lead to vast underutilisation of, and strong prejudices against, the benefits of services liberalisation. The book meticulously analyses and compares the EU's obligations under the GATS and the services chapters of several RTAs to finally assess the merits

Contents:

Introduction

1. Interpretation of GATs and the selected EU RTAs

2. Structure of GATs and the EU RTAs

3. The scope of GATs and the EU RTAs

4. Non-discrimination

5. Market access

6. Domestic regulation

7. Transparency

8. Exceptions

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78536-431-6