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Regional Agreements and Trade Services : Policy Issues

Every major regional trade agreement now has a services dimension. Is trade in services so different that there is need to modify the conclusions on preferential agreements pertaining to goods reached so far? The authors first examine the implicati...

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Main Authors:	Mattoo, Aaditya, Fink, Carsten
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ALTERNATIVE INSTRUMENTS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BORDER FORMALITIES BUSINESS SERVICES CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CHANGES IN TRADE COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE MARKETS COMPETITIVENESS CONCESSIONS CONSTANT MARGINAL COSTS CONSUMER CHOICE CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMERS CONVERGENCE CROSS BORDER TRADE CROSS- BORDER TRADE CROSS-BORDER DELIVERY CROSS-BORDER TRADE CROWDING OUT DIRECT INVESTMENT DISCRIMINATORY REGULATION DISCRIMINATORY RESTRICTIONS DOMESTIC FIRMS DOMESTIC IMPORTERS DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC INTEREST DOMESTIC INTEREST GROUPS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DOMESTIC REGULATIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE EQUILIBRIUM EXPLOITATION EXPORTERS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR MARKETS FACTOR MOBILITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SERVICES FIXED COSTS FOREIGN CAPITAL FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN ENTRY FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN GOODS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FOREIGN PROVIDERS FOREIGN SERVICES FOREIGN SUPPLIER FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE ENTRY FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FRICTIONAL BARRIERS GATS GLOBAL COMPETITION GLOBAL WELFARE HARMONIZATION HIGH-TARIFF IMPORTS IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INCOME LEVELS INCREASED COMPETITION INDUCING KNOWLEDGE INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTEGRATED MARKET INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE LIBERALIZING TRADE LICENSING PROCESS LIMITED ENTRY LOCAL CONTENT LOCAL INDUSTRY MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST OF PRODUCTION MARGINAL PRODUCTION MARKET ENLARGEMENT MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MFN MULTILATERAL CONTEXT MULTILATERAL FORUM MULTILATERAL LEVEL MULTILATERAL LIBERALIZATION MULTILATERAL OPENING MUTUAL RECOGNITION MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT NATIONAL INCOME NATIONAL MARKETS NATIONAL TREATMENT NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NON- MEMBER COUNTRIES NON-DISCRIMINATORY BASIS NON-PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION NON-PREFERENTIAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENT NORMAL PROFITS PARTNER COUNTRIES PREFERENCE-GRANTING COUNTRY PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENT IN SERVICES PREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENT PREFERENTIAL BASIS PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION PREFERENTIAL LIBERALIZATION AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL REDUCTION PREFERENTIAL SOURCES PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES PRODUCTION COSTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROTECTIONIST INSTRUMENT PROTECTIONIST MEASURES QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTION QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS QUOTA RENTS QUOTAS RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS REDUCTION IN TARIFFS REGIONAL AGREEMENT REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL CONTEXT REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENT REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL MARKET REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT REGIONALISM REGULATORY BARRIER REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY COOPERATION REGULATORY OBJECTIVES REMOVING BARRIERS RESERVE REQUIREMENTS RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE SUPPLIERS SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS SERVICES SECTORS SERVICES TRADE SUNK COSTS TAKEOVER TARIFF REVENUE TAX RATES TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CREATION TRADE DIVERSION TRADE FLOWS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE POLICY TRADE SERVICES TRADE THEORY TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES VARIABLE COSTS WAGES WELFARE GAINS TRADE AGREEMENTS SERVICE EXPORTS PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS POLICY FORMATION TRADE FACILITATION ECONOMIC COOPERATION MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1810072/regional-agreements-trade-services-policy-issues http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14791

Regional Agreements and Trade Services : Policy Issues

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