Overview
- Presents the first book to systematically compare the regulation of trade in services through the GATS and regional trade agreements
- Assesses if regional trade agreements lead to greater coherence or more divergence concerning trade in services
- Covers both horizontal aspects as well as sectoral questions, including financial and digital services as well as maritime transport
Part of the book series: European Yearbook of International Economic Law (EUROYEAR)
Part of the book sub series: Special Issue (Spec. Issue)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
A quarter of a century after the conclusion of the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS), international law on trade in services is still in a state of flux: on the one hand, countries increasingly conclude bilateral and regional trade agreements with sections on trade in services that aim at a further liberalisation of services trade. On the other, the GATS structure remains the dominant model and serves as the basis for many preferential trade agreements. In addition, new aspects such as electronic commerce, data protection and taxation are now emerging, while issues that had already manifested in the mid-1990s such as financial services regulation, labour mobility, and telecommunications continue to be problematic.
Usually, the debates focus on the question of whether preferential trade agreements serve as a stepping-stone or stumbling block for trade liberalisation at the multilateral level. However, it can be assumed that rules on trade in services in preferential trade agreements will coexist with the global GATS regime for the foreseeable future. This raises the question of whether we’re currently witnessing a drive towards greater coherence or more divergence in agreements on trade in services.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Markus Krajewski holds the Chair in Public Law and Public International Law at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. His research focusses on international economic law, human rights, European external relations and the law of public services. He is co-editor of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law and serves as Secretary-General of the German Branch of the International Law Association (ILA).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Coherence and Divergence in Services Trade Law
Editors: Rhea Tamara Hoffmann, Markus Krajewski
Series Title: European Yearbook of International Economic Law
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46955-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46954-2Published: 24 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46957-3Published: 25 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46955-9Published: 23 July 2020
Series ISSN: 2364-8392
Series E-ISSN: 2364-8406
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 271
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Economic Law, Trade Law, European Economic Law, International Economics