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Data is divisive: A history of public communications on e-commerce, 1998-2020
Aaronson, Susan Ariel; Struett, Thomas - 2020
For 22 years, the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been discussing how to govern e-commerce and the data that underpins it. In 2019, some 74 (now 86) nations began to negotiate e-commerce. These talks are conducted in secret and little is known about how they are progressing....
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Market structure and market access
Francois, Joseph F.; Wooton, Ian - 2007
We examine an issue at the nexus of domestic competition policy and international trade, the interaction between goods trade and market power in domestic trade and distribution sectors. Theory suggests a set of linkages between service-sector competition and goods trade supported by econometrics...
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Services Trade and Policy
Francois, Joseph F.; Hoekman, Bernard - 2009
Since the mid-1980s a substantial body of research has taken shape on trade in services. Much of this is inspired by the WTO or regional trade agreements, especially the EU. However, an increasing number of papers focus on the impacts of unilateral services sector liberalization. The literature...
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Modes of Delivery in Services
Christen, Elisabeth; Francois, Joseph - 2010
We develop a new analytical framework for both cross-border services trade and services trade through foreign affiliates, based on heterogeneous firms operating under oligopoly. This leads to direct predictions about choice of services delivery (mode of delivery) at the firm level, and about the...
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Liberalizing international trade in services: Challenges and opportunities for developing countries
Lücke, Matthias; Spinanger, Dean - 2004
their service imports under the terms of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Developing countries will … under the GATS. Most service exports by developing countries, especially IT services transmitted electronically, face few … import barriers in industrialized countries. However, under the GATS, service exports may also be delivered through temporary …
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Eine kurze Geschichte der WTO-Dienstleistungsverhandlungen
Adlung, Rudolf - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 85 (2005) 2, pp. 80-83
Am 1. Januar 1995 begann die World Trade Organization WTO als Nachfolgerin des Welthandelsabkommens GATT ihre Arbeit. Wie sieht die Bilanz ihrer zehnjährigen Tätigkeit aus? Welche künftigen Herausforderungen kommen auf sie zu?
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WTO-Dienstleistungsverhandlungen: Stärkung des plurilateralen Ansatzes
Werner, Walter; Werner, Welf - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 86 (2006) 5, pp. 317-321
Die Verhandlungen über das Dienstleistungsabkommen (GATS) im Rahmen der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) haben bisher nur … im Mai und Juni in Genf größere Fortschritte zu erzielen. Wie verliefen die bisherigen GATS-Verhandlungen? Was beinhaltet … der neue Verhandlungsansatz? Kann auf diese Weise ein Durchbruch bei den GATS-Verhandlungen erzielt werden? …
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SMEs in services trade: A GATS perspective
Adlung, Rudolf; Soprana, Marta - In: Intereconomics 48 (2013) 1, pp. 41-50
Unlike traditional (goods-only) trade agreements, the scope of the General Agreement on Trade in Services extends beyond the treatment of products (services) to cover that of suppliers as well. The trade interests of particular groups of suppliers, including SMEs, can thus be addressed directly...
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GATS 2000: Arbeitnehmerinteressen und die Liberalisierung des Dienstleistungshandels
Fritz, Thomas; Scherrer, Christoph - 2002
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GATS-Dienstleistungsliberalisierung: Sektorale Auswirkung und temporäre Mobilität von Erwerbstätigen
Fritz, Thomas; Mosebach, Kai; Raza, Werner; Scherrer, … - 2006
Wesentliches Ziel des seit 1995 rechtsgültigen GATS-Vertrages (General Agreement on Trade in Services) ist die …
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