Services Policies in Transition Economies : On the EU and WTO as Commitment Mechanisms

The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial varianc...

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Main Authors:	Eschenbach, Felix, Hoekman, Bernard
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESSION ACCESSION CANDIDATES ACCESSION COUNTRIES ACCESSION PROCESS AGREEMENT ON TRADE AVERAGE TARIFF CENTRAL ASIAN COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COMMON MARKET COMPETITIVENESS OF FIRMS CONSUMPTION ABROAD CONTRACTING PARTIES CONVERGENCE CROSS BORDER TRADE CROSS-BORDER TRADE CULTURAL SERVICES DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMS DOMESTIC ENTERPRISES DOMESTIC REFORM DOMESTIC REFORMS ECONOMIC GROWTH ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS EUROPEAN UNION EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TRADE EXTERNAL TRADE POLICY FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN EXPORTERS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FORMAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT FULL LIBERALIZATION GATS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY HEALTH SERVICES IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS INCREASING SPECIALIZATION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INVESTMENT POLICIES INVESTMENT POLICY LOCAL MARKET MARKET ACCESS MARKET ACCESS COMMITMENTS MARKET SIZE MEMBER STATE MEMBER STATES MODES OF SUPPLY MOVEMENT OF NATURAL PERSONS MULTILATERAL DISCIPLINES MULTILATERAL SURVEILLANCE MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS NATIONAL TREATMENT OPENNESS POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR RECENT ACCESSION RECIPROCAL BASIS RECIPROCITY REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROUND NEGOTIATIONS SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES MARKETS SERVICES SECTOR SERVICES TRADE TARIFF BINDINGS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TERMS OF TRADE TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REVIEW TRADE POLICY REVIEW MECHANISM TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADING PARTNERS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITION PERIOD TRANSPARENCY UNSKILLED LABOR WTO WTO ACCESSION WTO COMMITMENTS WTO MEMBERS WTO MEMBERSHIP
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6875028/services-policies-transition-economies-european-union-world-trade-organization-commitment-mechanisms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8400

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8400

Services Policies in Transition Economies : On the EU and WTO as Commitment Mechanisms

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