International trade in services and domestic regulations : necessity, transparency, and regulatory diversity / [electronic resource]
Delimatsis, Panagiotis.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2007.
Examining the regulation of services within the WTO, this title discusses the problem of reconciling a liberal system of trade in services with national governments' ability to protect social values through service regulation. It analyses the existing legal framework and assesses the potential of ongoing trade negotiations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-329) and index.
The multilateral legal framework governing trade in services -- Barriers to trade in services -- Domestic regulations and the GATS -- Creating a horizontal necessity test for services -- Transparency and domestic regulations in services.
Examining the regulation of services within the WTO, this title discusses the problem of reconciling a liberal system of trade in services with national governments' ability to protect social values through service regulation. It analyses the existing legal framework and assesses the potential of ongoing trade negotiations.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.
General Agreement on Trade in Services (1994)
Service industries
Service industries
Foreign trade regulation.
Conflict of laws.
Service industries
Service industries
Foreign trade regulation
Law, Politics & Government
Law, General & Comparative