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The Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services: Comparative Regionalism - Hardcover

 
9781782548959: The Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services: Comparative Regionalism
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1782548955 ISBN 13: 9781782548959
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

This book fills an important gap in the trade literature by offering a comprehensive cross-regional comparison of approaches to preferential market opening and rule-making in the area of trade in services. Chronicling the spectacular recent rise of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in services and with contributions from some of the world's leading experts, the book examines the forces shaping the demand for preferences in services trade. It asks whether and how preferential advances differ from, go further than, and might ultimately inform the development of multilateral disciplines on services under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

The book's core focus is on comparative scholarship, directing attention to the substantive features of services PTAs around the globe and exploring the iterative nature of rule-making and market opening in a still nascent field of trade diplomacy. It advances a number of ideas on how to multilateralize PTA advances in services and takes stock of the likely impact on the WTO system of ongoing attempts at crafting a plurilateral agreement on trade in services.

Trade negotiators and policy officials working in the field of trade and investment in services as well as academics in the fields of law, economics and international political economy will find much of use in this authoritative study.

Contributors: S. Abeysinghe, M. Bosworth, R. Chanda, A. Mattoo, M. Robert, M. Roy, P. Sauvé, S. Stephenson, I. Streho, R. Trewin, N. Ward

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About the Author

Edited by Pierre Sauvé, formerly Director of Program Development and Faculty Member and Anirudh Shingal, formerly Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1782548955
ISBN 13 
9781782548959
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
456
Editor
Sauvé Pierre, Shingal Anirudh