Foundations -- Special and differential treatment in the WTO -- The rationale for South-South services trade -- The quest of this study -- Preferential services trade -- Histoy and geography of preferential services trade -- Stock-taking of preferential services trade agreements -- The current...

This paper focuses on the consequences of the legal uncertainty about the scope of GATS V for South-South Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs). The language of GATS V – and practice so far – supports a large spectrum of different degrees and forms of preferential trade agreements. Arguably,...

Sino-African trade has seen a fifty-fold increase in the years 1999 to 2008. However, China holds not a single Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on the African continent, while other major trading partners of African economies rely on an extensive framework of trade and economic partnership agreements....

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are increasingly more concerned with regulatory convergence, rather than trade liberalisation through elimination of tariffs. This appears to result more often in so-called dynamic trade agreements, which still evolve after adoption. Further economic integration in...

Australia declared services trade liberalisation in Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (AUEFTA) negotiations a priority, while an impact assessment by the EU indicated no measurable impact on sectoral output for services in an AEUFTA in services. The two sides will not only have to...