Developing Countries and Preferential Services Trade

A discussion of the flexibility in WTO law for developing countries and how it can be used to their economic advantage.

List of contents

Foundations; 1. Special and differential treatment in the WTO; 2. The rationale for South-South services trade; 3. The quest of this study; Part I. Preferential Services Trade: 4. History and geography of preferential services trade; 5. Stock-taking of preferential services trade agreements; 6. The current level of liberalisation; 7. The special case of South-South preferential services trade; Part II. Legal Regime for Preferential Services Trade: 8. Historical background of preferentialism in services trade and its regulation; 9. GATS Art. V; 10. Regulatory flexibilities in the GATS: special and differential treatment; 11. Compliance with GATS worldwide; 12. Loopholes in the GATS: problems in practice; 13. Innovation in South-South agreements?; 14. In summary; Part III. Legal Regime for South-South Preferential Services Trade: 15. The legal scope of flexibilities for South-South preferential services trade; 16. Legal arguments for a large scope of flexibilities in the GATS; 17. New approach to a better use of the scope of flexibilities; 18. Systemic considerations; 19. In summary; Part IV. Conclusions: 20. Lessons for the WTO; 21. Lessons for the architecture of international economic law; 22. Critical issues for future research.

About the author

Charlotte Sieber-Gasser studied law in both Bern and Fribourg, Switzerland, and development studies in Manchester. She currently works as a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva, and as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Bern, Switzerland.

Summary

This book is for those interested in the dynamics between WTO law and the economic prospects of developing countries. The book proves that developing countries miss out on opportunities to use WTO law to their benefit, and proposes new avenues for the interpretation of the regulatory flexibility in WTO law for developing countries.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Sieber-Gasser, Sieber-Gasser Charlotte
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781316603673
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60367-3
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law; Cambridge International Trade; Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Commercial / International Trade, International Relations, Developing Countries, International Trade, International economic & trade law, International trade and commerce, Public international law: economic and trade, Global South / Developing countries