Overview

With the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations moribund, it is time to reconsider the future of trade negotiations as an impetus for reform. Services trade is a leading-edge behind-the-border issue, so a services perspective offers critical insights into the future of trade negotiations more generally. This book traces the author's thinking on how to make sense of services trade reform, drawing on her analytical, empirical and policy-related work on services issues from both academic and government perspectives. It covers policy reform, policy forums, and what it takes politically to achieve reform, and offers critical new insights into the future of trade negotiations.The book shows policy makers how to approach the economics and politics of services trade reform domestically, consistent with relevant special features of services trade. It shows analysts the full policy implications of those special features, including what they mean and how services reform should be treated in the future in national and international forums. In covering such broad territory, the book draws together published material that previously has been scattered across place and time, including modelling that establishes empirically the special features of services that are relevant.

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Author:   Philippa Dee (Australian Nat'l Univ, Australia)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Volume:   28
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.794kg
ISBN:  

9789814508742

ISBN 10:   9814508748
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   14 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Making Sense of Services Trade Reform; Issues in the Application of CGE Models to Services Trade Liberalization; Modelling the Policy Issues in Services Trade; Multilateral Liberalization of Services Trade; Measuring the Cost of Barriers to Trade in Services; Economy-Wide Effects of Further Trade Reforms in Tunisia's Services Sectors; The Employment Implications of Liberalizing Foreign Direct Investment in Services; The Rise of Services Trade: Regional Initiatives and Challenges for the WTO; Services: A 'Deal-maker' in the Doha Round?; Services in PTAs: Donuts or Holes?; What Behind-the-Border Reforms in Services and Investment are Best Done through Trade Agreements?; The Role of Institutions in Structural Reform; Toward a Theory of Policy Efficiency; Promoting Domestic Reforms through Regionalism.

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