This book presents a state-of-the-art evaluation of the benefits and costs of behind-the-border services reform. It introduces new, second-generation methods for quantifying regulatory barriers and applies those methods to a wide range of services sectors - financial, infrastructure and social -...

Key Features:Integrates analytical, empirical and policy insights from both academic and government perspectivesCovers policy reform, policy forums, and what it takes politically to achieve reformGives critical insights into the future of trade negotiations more generally.

Key Features:Includes contributions by experienced practitioners and academics from Japan, Korea and AustraliaProvides a wide coverage of regional FTAsFeatures strong empirical content and high-level methodologies for FTA analysis.

Services markets remain highly regulated and international trade and investment is restricted. Previous works have identified the scope for significant gains from trade, yet those results are often debated and the progress on reform has been slow. Parts I and II in Priorities and Pathways in...

Key Features:Indonesian Trade Minister Mari Pangestu is a co-editor and contributorAn up-to-date volume, relevant to today's trade policy questions, that will be of interest to policy makersComplements material from textbooks on trade policy used at upper undergraduate and postgraduate levels.