This paper surveys the literature on trade in services, focusing on the policies that are used
to restrict such trade, the gains from liberalization, and the institutional mechanisms that …

The internationalization of financial services—eliminating discrimination in treatment
between foreign and domestic financial services providers and removing barriers to the …

A keen analysis of how and why countries bargain together in groups in world affairs, and
why such coalitions are crucial to individual developing nations. It also reveals the effects …

The economic impact of barriers to world trade and investment in services has been thought
impossible to measure. As a consequence, significant global policy initiatives such as the …

Examines evidence of potential conflicts between international trade and environmental
policies in developing countries. Correlation of the measures of environmental quality to the …

Determinants of Comparative Advantage in the International Trade of Services: An Empirical
Study of the Hecksher-Ohlin Approach Page 1 Global Economy Journal Volume 10, Issue 1 …

I. Introduction framework for defining predictable and transparent conditions for international
trade, establishing the foundation for rules-based, as opposed to power-based, international …

Despite multiple efforts on the bilateral, regional and multilateral level to create uniform or at
least harmonized rules for commercial operations and practices in the maritime transport …

This chapter takes stock of the most recent wave of PTAs with a view to informing some of
the policy choices developing countries face in negotiating preferential agreements in …

The past seven years have seen a rapid proliferation of preferential trade agreements
(PTAs) in the East Asian region. Many of the recently concluded PTAs are comprehensive in …