Book contents
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Why Trade?
- Part II The Multilateral Trading System
- Part III The Regular Operations of the WTO
- Part IV Major Substantive Topics
- 7 Dispute Settlement at the WTO
- 8 Agriculture
- 9 Services
- 10 E-Commerce
- 11 Development at the WTO
- Part V World Trade Governance and Systemic Reform
- Part VI Conclusion
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
9 - Services
from Part IV - Major Substantive Topics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2023
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Revitalizing the World Trading System
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Why Trade?
- Part II The Multilateral Trading System
- Part III The Regular Operations of the WTO
- Part IV Major Substantive Topics
- 7 Dispute Settlement at the WTO
- 8 Agriculture
- 9 Services
- 10 E-Commerce
- 11 Development at the WTO
- Part V World Trade Governance and Systemic Reform
- Part VI Conclusion
- Afterword
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Between a fifth and a quarter of all of world trade is accounted for by services, and even this number may be underestimated. Services include call centers, engineering, creation of software and apps, education, providing content for streaming services for entertainment, not to mention the ancillary services supporting goods trade – customs brokerage, logistics, air and marine transport, and express delivery. It is a very long list that is constantly growing. A solid start was made with the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to bring services into the rules of the world trading system. Then little else was agreed but for the JSI on Domestic Regulation of Services. Much remains to be done.
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- Revitalizing the World Trading System , pp. 282 - 294Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023