Preferential Services Liberalization - The Case of the European Union and Federal States

The book gives an in-depth analysis of the legal criteria that the World Trade Organization sets for preferential trade agreements in the area of services. It proposes a new methodology to study these agreements and will appeal to those involved in studying and making trade policy.

List of contents

Part I: 1. Preferential trade agreements in the WTO; 2. The GATS rules on economic integration agreements (EIAs); 3. Elimination of discrimination in EIAs; Part II: 4. Services regulation by federal states; 5. Application of GATS Article V to federal entities; 6. A review of federal entities' services commitments under the GATS and selected EIAs; Part III: 7. Empirical research on services preferentialism; 8. A new methodology for the study of EIAs; 9. Adaption to scheduling differences and economic realities; Part IV: 10. The results of the empirical study; 11. Legal analysis of the results; 12. Application of Article V GATS to the EU's EIAs; 13. Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

About the author

Johanna Jacobsson is Assistant Professor at IE University (Madrid, Spain). Her main fields of research are international trade law and the EU's internal market law and external trade relations. Professor Jacobsson holds a Ph.D. from European University Institute,Florence and an LL.B., LL.M. and B.A. from University of Helsinki.

Product details

• Authors: Johanna Jacobsson, Johannna Jacobsson, Johannna (Instituto de Empresa Jacobsson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108476164
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47616-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law; Cambridge International Trade
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Internationale Wirtschaft, Internationales Management, EU, Europäische Union, Betriebsverfassungsrecht und Tarifvertragsrecht, LAW / International, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Geistiges Eigentum, International business, intellectual property law, EU (European Union), International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade, Industrial relations & trade unions law, Industrial relations and trade unions law