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Peter Zweifel
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Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Table of contents (11 papers)
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- Stefan Felder, Jörg Finsinger, Frank A. Schmid
Pages 79-101
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- Charles Beat Blankart, Friedrich Schwandt
Pages 103-120
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- Peter Zweifel, Claudia Nielsen, Karin Müller
Pages 121-143
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- Bruno Tietz, Norbert Graeber, Benedikt Ortmann
Pages 145-161
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- Peter Zweifel, Ralph Kleeb
Pages 183-209
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- Peter Zweifel, Paola Prioni
Pages 211-231
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- Peter Zweifel, Jeanne Gobat
Pages 233-249
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Back Matter
Pages 259-276
About this book
by RolfM. Jeker, Federal Office for Foreign Economic Affairs Services have only quite recently become an important issue in foreign economic policy and particularly in international trade negotiations. Trade policy was traditionally perceived to deal almost exclusively with exports and imports of goods. The increasing importance of services both nationally and internationally is, mainly, due to the gains in agricultural and industrial productiv ity (freeing resources for services activities), and the progress in communication technology, facilitating trade in invisibles. Notable examples of contractual and legal frameworks for services in international trade relations are the internal market program of the European Community extended by the Agreement on the European Economic Are. a (EEA) to EFTA countries, the multi lateral Uruguay-Round negotiations under the auspices of the GATT on a General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by the United States, Canada and Mexico. This trend is of particular significance to Switzerland, a country where services contribute about 65% to the value added of the economy, a share which will probably still increase somewhat. Ser vices also contribute to an important extent to the traditional surplus in the current account of the Swiss balance of payments. Switzerland clearly has comparative advantages in the field of ser vices, as is well demonstrated by its long and successful tradition in key services sectors like banking, insurance, tourism, consulting and engineering.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Zweifel
