Introduction -- The research questions -- A review of the literature -- Higher education as an international policy concern -- The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) -- The USTR, the GATS, and U.S. higher education as a tradable commodity -- The associations representing American...

The Economist Intelligence Unit (2009) suggests that the in the last quarter of 2008, some economies have shrunk at annualized rates of over 10%. Shrinking international trade, both in terms of goods and services has meant that the countries that were growing at a faster rate are also the ones...