Issues in the liberalization of trade in services

John Roberts
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John Roberts: Department for International Development, London, UK, Postal: Department for International Development, London, UK

Journal of International Development, 2000, vol. 12, issue 2, 257-264

Abstract: International trade in commercial services is large and is growing as fast as merchandise trade. The liberalization of service sector activity, often characterized hitherto by incumbent monopolies, can produce major welfare gains. Reaching multilateral agreement in liberalizing services runs into problems of definition and quantification. The General Agreement on Trade in Services, though complex and partial in its coverage, has highlighted the importance of multilateral commitment in the pursuit of domestic reform. The agreement on basic telecommunications in particular has had a catalytic effect on domestic policy. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(200003)12:2<257::AID-JID661>3.0.CO;2-5

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