Trade in Services [electronic resource] : Negotiating Issues and Approaches
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development StaffCorporate Author
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2001.
The services sector plays a vital infrastructure role in national economies, employs more people than other sectors, and is the most dynamic sector of world trade. New negotiations under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services, which began in January 2000, offer an important opportunity to reap the benefits of greater openness in services markets worldwide. The papers in this volume, produced as part of the OECD Trade Directorate's services project, explore fundamental issues for the services negotiations: what are the barriers to trade in services? How can those barriers be addressed i
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CONTENTS; PART I. MEASURES AFFECTING TRADE IN SERVICES; Chapter 1. Consolidated List of Cross-sectoral and Sector-specific Barriers; Chapter 2. The Scheduling of Economic Needs Tests in the GATS: An Overview; PART II. MODALITIES FOR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS; Chapter 3. Cross-cutting ("Formula") Approaches to Multilateral Services Negotiations; Chapter 4. Using "Cluster" Approaches to Specific Commitments for Interdependent Services; PART III. UNDERPINNING LIBERALISATION: TRANSPARENCY IN DOMESTIC REGULATION
Chapter 5. Strengthening Regulatory Transparency: Insights for the GATSfrom the Regulatory Reform Country ReviewsChapter 6. Transparency in Domestic Regulation: Prior Consultation
The services sector plays a vital infrastructure role in national economies, employs more people than other sectors, and is the most dynamic sector of world trade. New negotiations under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services, which began in January 2000, offer an important opportunity to reap the benefits of greater openness in services markets worldwide. The papers in this volume, produced as part of the OECD Trade Directorate's services project, explore fundamental issues for the services negotiations: what are the barriers to trade in services? How can those barriers be addressed i
International trade.
Service industries.