Trade in International Transport Services: The Role of Competition

Joseph Francois and Ian Wooton ()

No 00-057/2, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: We are concerned with trade in transport services (not cabotage butrather international shipping, transport,and related logistical services) and the importance of competitionand market structure in the sector. Weexamine implications of liberalization for profits, trade, andnational gains from trade. Though past GATSmaritime negotiations involved the maritime nations, we also flaginterests of consuming nations(particularly poorer developing countries). We further illustrateissues raised in the analytical sectionthrough a computational example, to provide a rough sense of ordersof magnitude and the importance of theissues raised for basic gains from improved market access.

Keywords: services trade; trade liberalization; market access; imperfect competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F13 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-07-31
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