, and is the most dynamic sector of world trade. New negotiations under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services … worldwide. The papers in this volume, produced as part of the OECD Trade Directorate's services project, explore fundamental … issues for the services negotiations: what are the barriers to trade in services? How can those barriers be addressed in …

consideration for the international environment. Thus, some of the trade costs of regulatory divergence may be avoided without … countries in regulatory policy and trade, this report proposes a definition of trade costs of regulatory divergence and analyses … frameworks and trade agreements. Based on this, the report provides indications for policy makers on how to reduce trade costs …