Shaping Future GATS Rules for Trade in Services

The new round of negotiations has begun with a mechanical sense of "since we said we would, therefore we must," says the author. To make the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) more effective ay liberalization, the author sugges...

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Main Author:	Mattoo, Aaditya
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGREEMENT ON TRADE ALTERNATIVE INSTRUMENTS ANTI- COMPETITIVE PRACTICES ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES ANTITRUST LAW ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BARRIERS TO ENTRY BILATERAL AGREEMENTS CAPITAL CONSTRAINT COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES COMPETITION LAW COMPETITION PRINCIPLES COMPETITION RULES COMPETITIVE AUCTIONS COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE PRACTICES COMPLETE LIBERALIZATION CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CROSS-BORDER DELIVERY CROSS-BORDER TRADE DIRECT INVESTMENT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC LAW DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKET STRUCTURE DOMESTIC MEASURES DOMESTIC REGULATIONS DYNAMIC INEFFICIENCIES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CASE ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC THEORY ENERGY SERVICES ENHANCED COMPETITION ENTRY BARRIERS ENTRY RESTRICTIONS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES EXTERNALITIES TRANSPORT FAVOURABLE ACCESS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN COMPANY FOREIGN COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN EQUITY FOREIGN EQUITY PARTICIPATION FOREIGN EXPORTERS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PROVIDERS FOREIGN SERVICE PROVIDERS FOREIGN SERVICE SUPPLIERS FOREIGN SERVICES FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FOREIGN TRADE GATS GATS RULES GLOBAL WELFARE HEALTH SERVICES IMMUNITY INCUMBENT SUPPLIERS INFANT INDUSTRY POLICIES INFANT INDUSTRY TYPE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL CARTELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT PESSIMISM LIBERALIZATION PROGRAMMES LIBERALIZING INTENT LIBERALIZING TRADE MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS COMMITMENTS MARKET FAILURE MARKET FAILURES MARKET STRUCTURE MAXIMUM EQUITY PARTICIPATION MFN MFN EXEMPTIONS MONOPOLISTIC SUPPLIERS MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT MULTILATERAL APPROACH MULTILATERAL DISCIPLINES MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTILATERAL RULES MUTUAL RECOGNITION NATIONAL COMPETITION NATIONAL COMPETITION LAW NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY NATIONAL PRODUCERS NATIONAL PRODUCTION NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY NATIONAL SUPPLIERS NATIONAL TREATMENT NATIONAL TREATMENT OBLIGATION NATURAL MONOPOLY NATURAL PERSONS NEGOTIATIONS NON-DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES NON-ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES OLIGOPOLISTIC RENTS OLIGOPOLY OLIGOPOLY RENTS OLIGOPOLY RIGHTS OPENNESS POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE STABILITY PRIVATE COSTS PROFIT TAXATION PRUDENTIAL REGULATIONS QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUOTAS RECIPROCITY RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGULATORY BARRIERS REGULATORY CHALLENGES REGULATORY FAILURE REGULATORY FREEDOM REGULATORY PRINCIPLES REGULATORY REFORM RELEVANT GATS PROVISION RENT APPROPRIATION SAVINGS SERVICE-PROVIDING PERSONNEL SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS SERVICES OPERATIONS SERVICES SECTORS SERVICES TRADE SERVICES TRANSACTIONS SOCIAL OBJECTIVES SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL PRODUCTIVITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE MONOPOLIES TARIFF REVENUE TARIFF-LIKE EFFECT TECHNICAL STANDARDS TELECOM MONOPOLIES TELECOM NEGOTIATIONS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TRADE TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE POLICIES TRADE PROBLEMS TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE-INHIBITING EFFECT TRADE-RESTRICTIVE EFFECTS TRADING PARTNERS TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES UNILATERAL LIBERALIZATION UNIVERSAL SERVICE UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS URUGUAY ROUND WELFARE GAINS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/04/1121245/shaping-future-gats-rules-trade-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19667