Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services

Edited by Pierre Sauvé, formerly Director of Program Development and Faculty Member and Anirudh Shingal, formerly Senior Research Fellow, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland

‘Services account for three quarters of GDP in many countries but less than a quarter of global trade. This insightful volume assesses recent evidence on services trade barriers, the extent to which preferential trade agreements liberalize trade in services and whether such liberalization benefits only participants or extends to non-member countries. It provides an excellent overview of the state of knowledge in this important area, as well as a number of detailed case studies of recent trade agreements that include services.’

• Contents:Introduction and OverviewPierre Sauvé and Anirudh ShingalPART I: OVERALL TRENDS1. Services Commitments in Preferential Trade Agreements: Surveying the Empirical LandscapeMartin Roy2. The Preferential Liberalization of Trade in Services: Economic InsightsAaditya Mattoo and Pierre Sauvé3. Do Negotiated Agreements Foster Trade in Services? Evidence from PTAsAnirudh ShingalPART II: COMPARATIVE REGIONALISM4. Innovative Regionalism: The AmericasSherry Stephenson and Maryse Robert 5. Services Trade in the European Union: Internal and External Approaches to Market OpeningImola Streho6. Services Preferences in Africa: Perspectives and ChallengesPierre Sauvé and Natasha Ward7. Mapping the Universe of Services Disciplines in Asian PTAsRupa Chanda8. Services Trade in South Asia: the India–Sri Lanka CEPA A.P.C. Subhashini Abeysinghe9. Much Ado About Nothing Much? Australian PTAs in ServicesMalcolm Bosworth and Ray TrewinPART III: FINAL THOUGHTS10. Reflections on the Nature of Preferences in ServicesPierre Sauvé and Anirudh Shingal11. A Plurilateral Agenda for Services? Assessing the Case for a Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)Pierre Sauvé