services? This article argues that regionalism is certainly a building block, not a stumbling block to a multilateral trading … system, using the services liberalization scheme of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a case study. At the … same time, it is critical to set out a proper institutional arrangement to ensure that regional services liberalization …

commitments for all its signatories that are geared towards encouraging free movement of goods and services among member economies … RCEP can deepen the contributions of trade in services in the Philippine economy through the commitments made and … limitations imposed. We reviewed and assessed the specific commitments of AFPs joining the RCEP in terms of trade in services …

seeks to ensure the free flow of services, investment, and skilled labor along with the free flow of goods and the freer … flow of capital in the ASEAN region. For logistics services, the target is to be achieved by 2013. Liberalization and … especially liberalization of trade in services, while ensuring a healthy balancing of domestic industry interests with the …

The paper aims to assess and determine the capacity-building needs required to liberalize trade in services in the … Philippines. Through the ASEAN Framework on the Trade in Services, the Philippines has committed to liberalize various sectors … including air transport, maritime transport, construction, financial services, and telecommunications. The country has also …