Economic Impacts of FTAs on Trade in Services: Some Empirics in East Asia

Hikari Ishido ()
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Hikari Ishido: Law and Economics, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage Ward, Chiba City, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2015, vol. 06, issue 02, 1-20

Abstract: While the positive impacts of free trade agreements (FTAs) on liberalization in the services sector are widely noted, detailed quantitative analyses are rather scant. This paper takes a first step in analyzing the impact of ASEAN-related FTAs on mode 3 (commercial presence)-based trade in services. Overall, the results reveal some positive correlations between the degree of service trade liberalization in the host country and the service firms' commercial presence in that country. This points to a need to further promote service trade liberalization possibly under the auspices of the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).

Keywords: Trade in services; free trade agreements; ASEAN; commercial presence; F14; F15; F21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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