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The classification of services in the digital economy proves critical for doing business, but it appears to be a particularly complex regulatory matter that is based upon a manifold set of issues. In the context of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), when the services classification scheme was drafted in the early 1990s, convergence processes had not unfolded yet and the internet was still in its infancy and not a reality in daily life. Therefore, policy makers are now struggling with the problem of regulating trade in electronic services and are in search of a future-oriented solution for classifying them in multilateral and preferential trade agreements. In late fall 2011, the authors of this study were mandated by the European Union, Delegation to Vietnam, in the context of the Multilateral Trade Assistance Project 3 (MUTRAP 3), to work out a report clarifying the classification of services in the information/digital economy and to assess the impact of any decision regarding the classifications on the domestic and external relations policy of Vietnam, as well as to discuss the relevant issues with local experts during three on-site visits.
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Book Title: Classification of Services in the Digital Economy
Authors: Rolf H. Weber, Mira Burri
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31635-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Schulthess Juristische Medien AG, Zurich - Basel - Geneva 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-31634-0Published: 20 September 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-42958-3Published: 15 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-31635-7Published: 20 September 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 144
Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law