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Author:   Pierre Sauvé ,  Anirudh Shingal
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.808kg
ISBN:  

9781782548959

ISBN 10:   1782548955
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   25 April 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction and Overview Pierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal PART I: OVERALL TRENDS 1. Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: Surveying the Empirical Landscape Martin Roy 2. The Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services: Economic Insights Aaditya Mattoo and Pierre Sauvé 3. Do Negotiated Agreements Foster Trade in Services? Evidence from PTAs Anirudh Shingal PART II: COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM 4. Innovative Regionalism: The Americas Sherry Stephenson and Maryse Robert 5. Services Trade in the European Union: Internal and External Approaches to Market Opening Imola Streho 6. Services Preferences in Africa: Perspectives and Challenges Pierre Sauvé and Natasha Ward 7. Mapping the Universe of Services Disciplines in Asian PTAs Rupa Chanda 8. Services Trade in South Asia: the India–Sri Lanka CEPA A.P.C. Subhashini Abeysinghe 9. Much Ado About Nothing Much? Australian PTAs in Services Malcolm Bosworth and Ray Trewin PART III: FINAL THOUGHTS 10. Reflections on the Nature of Preferences in Services Pierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal 11. A Plurilateral Agenda for Services? Assessing the Case for a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Pierre Sauvé

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'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 'Sky-high barriers to services trade are the foremost obstacle confronting 21st century trade ministers and create a major impediment to global growth. Ministers have made commendable progress in several regional trade agreements but not much in the World Trade Organization. This volume charts the terrain and provides an essential guide to the achievements and shortcomings of preferential liberalization.' - Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics, US

'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 'Sky-high barriers to services trade are the foremost obstacle confronting 21st century trade ministers and create a major impediment to global growth. Ministers have made commendable progress in several regional trade agreements but not much in the World Trade Organization. This volume charts the terrain and provides an essential guide to the achievements and shortcomings of preferential liberalization.' -- Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics, US

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Edited by Pierre Sauvé, 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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