Facilitating Trade in Services

Facilitating Trade in Services

In 2016, the Government of India proposed negotiations on an agreement to facilitate trade in services to complement the 2013 World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement in goods. The proposal did not find much support, but plurilateral t...

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Main Author: Hoekman, Bernard
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
SERVICES TRADE
TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE FACILITATION
PLURILATERAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TRADE REGULATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836171588701385717/Facilitating-Trade-in-Services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33710
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spelling okr-10986-337102022-09-20T00:13:05Z Facilitating Trade in Services Hoekman, Bernard SERVICES TRADE TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE FACILITATION PLURILATERAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION TRADE REGULATION In 2016, the Government of India proposed negotiations on an agreement to facilitate trade in services to complement the 2013 World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement in goods. The proposal did not find much support, but plurilateral talks launched in 2017 on various policy areas encompass areas that are very relevant from a services trade facilitation perspective. This paper argues that participating in the current plurilateral talks can do much to achieve services trade facilitation objectives by identifying good regulatory practices. Although elements relevant to services trade facilitation are on the table in the World Trade Organization, there are important gaps. Identifying priorities for complementary international cooperation to facilitate trade in services on a plurilateral basis requires initiatives that bring together governments, services industry associations, and sectoral regulators. 2020-05-07T18:15:29Z 2020-05-07T18:15:29Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836171588701385717/Facilitating-Trade-in-Services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33710 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9228 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic SERVICES TRADE
TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE FACILITATION
PLURILATERAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TRADE REGULATION
spellingShingle SERVICES TRADE
TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE FACILITATION
PLURILATERAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
TRADE REGULATION
Hoekman, Bernard
Facilitating Trade in Services
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9228
description In 2016, the Government of India proposed negotiations on an agreement to facilitate trade in services to complement the 2013 World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement in goods. The proposal did not find much support, but plurilateral talks launched in 2017 on various policy areas encompass areas that are very relevant from a services trade facilitation perspective. This paper argues that participating in the current plurilateral talks can do much to achieve services trade facilitation objectives by identifying good regulatory practices. Although elements relevant to services trade facilitation are on the table in the World Trade Organization, there are important gaps. Identifying priorities for complementary international cooperation to facilitate trade in services on a plurilateral basis requires initiatives that bring together governments, services industry associations, and sectoral regulators.
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author Hoekman, Bernard
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title Facilitating Trade in Services
title_short Facilitating Trade in Services
title_full Facilitating Trade in Services
title_fullStr Facilitating Trade in Services
title_full_unstemmed Facilitating Trade in Services
title_sort facilitating trade in services
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836171588701385717/Facilitating-Trade-in-Services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33710
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