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2001
AbstractThis chapter starts with brief overviews of global trade flows in services, the barriers that restrict such trade, and the economics of service sector protection and liberalization. This is followed by a summary of the main elements of the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) and a discussion of the experience obtained in the first ...
Bernard M Hoekman, Michel M Kostecki
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AbstractThis chapter starts with brief overviews of global trade flows in services, the barriers that restrict such trade, and the economics of service sector protection and liberalization. This is followed by a summary of the main elements of the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) and a discussion of the experience obtained in the first ...
Bernard M Hoekman, Michel M Kostecki
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Service, Trade in Services and Trade of Services Industries
Journal of World Trade, 2014The paper focuses on the issue of international cross-border trade in services. It argues that its current understanding may be quite misleading because the concept of service is not accurately delineated and because available data are not appropriately understood.
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2015
Abstract This chapter begins with an introduction to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It then discusses the relationship between GATT and GATS; the scope of GATS; WTO Members' general obligations under GATS; specific commitments and general exceptions; and the special regimes for telecom and financial services.
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Abstract This chapter begins with an introduction to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It then discusses the relationship between GATT and GATS; the scope of GATS; WTO Members' general obligations under GATS; specific commitments and general exceptions; and the special regimes for telecom and financial services.
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International trade: trade in services
2007This major work consists of carefully commissioned original and incisive contributions from leading scholars in the field of international economic law. Covering a full range of topics, the Handbook provides an accessible treatment of the law in each area, as well as a thoughtful synthesis and discussion of related public policy issues from a broadly ...
Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo
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2006
A surplus has been recorded for trade in services in every year since 1966. There was a decrease in the surplus in 2005, from £25.9 billion in 2004 to £23.1 billion in the latest year. During, 2005 exports of services increased by 3.1 per cent whilst imports of services grew by 7.5 per cent (compared to growths of 11.1 per cent and 5.1 per cent ...
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A surplus has been recorded for trade in services in every year since 1966. There was a decrease in the surplus in 2005, from £25.9 billion in 2004 to £23.1 billion in the latest year. During, 2005 exports of services increased by 3.1 per cent whilst imports of services grew by 7.5 per cent (compared to growths of 11.1 per cent and 5.1 per cent ...
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2017
The service sector has witnessed a significant increase in cross-border trade and investment flows. This globalisation has been driven by a variety of factors, including advances in information and communication technology, rising income levels and associated increases in the demand for services, opening up and deregulation of many services permitting ...
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The service sector has witnessed a significant increase in cross-border trade and investment flows. This globalisation has been driven by a variety of factors, including advances in information and communication technology, rising income levels and associated increases in the demand for services, opening up and deregulation of many services permitting ...
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1990
Much of the motivation for the fresh look at services trade comes from the Group of Negotiations on Services (GNS) being conducted in the context of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. The realization that services, which generate substantial employment, gross domestic product, and a surprising amount of world trade, has encouraged ...
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Much of the motivation for the fresh look at services trade comes from the Group of Negotiations on Services (GNS) being conducted in the context of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations. The realization that services, which generate substantial employment, gross domestic product, and a surprising amount of world trade, has encouraged ...
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Digital Service Trade and Labor Income Share—Empirical Research on 48 Countries
Sustainability, 2023Alai Yeerken, Deng Feng
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