Services Trade Negotiations in the Doha Round: Opportunities and Risks for Pakistan

Abid Burki () and Syed Hussain ()

Trade Working Papers from East Asian Bureau of Economic Research

Abstract: This paper seeks to examine how locking-in of Pakistans unilateral liberalization at the WTO/GATS and further liberalization of services trade would affect Pakistans competitiveness. Focusing on the opportunities and risks of such liberalization the paper discusses possible options regarding the corollary regulatory reforms and other flanking measures that may be needed to achieve these goals. The sectors studied in this paper are (a) construction and related engineering services; (b) architecture, engineering and integrated engineering services; (c) energy services; and (d) environmental services.

Keywords: liberalization; Services; regulation; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 F53 N55 N75 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-01
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