Services in Doha : What’s on the Table?
Services trade reform matters, but what is Doha doing about it? It has been hard to judge, because of the opaqueness of services policies and the opaqueness of the request-offer negotiating process. This paper attempts to assess what is on the tabl...
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okr-10986-40972021-04-23T14:02:15Z Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya ACCOUNTING AIR AIR FREIGHT AIR PASSENGER AIR PASSENGERS AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE AUXILIARY SERVICES BANKS BEST MARKET BRAIN DRAIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS SERVICES COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COUNTRY MARKETS CRITICAL MASS CROSS BORDER TRADE CROSS-BORDER TRADE DEPOSIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DIRECT INVESTMENT DISCRIMINATORY REGULATION DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA DOMESTIC REGULATIONS EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EQUITY FOREIGN EQUITY PARTICIPATION FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FOREIGN SERVICES FREIGHT GATS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAWS LIFE INSURANCE LOCAL LAW LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MFN MINISTERS MOBILITY MODES OF SUPPLY MONOPOLIES NATIONAL TREATMENT OUTSOURCING PASSENGER TRANSPORT PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PUBLIC MONOPOLIES QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAILWAY REFORM PROGRAMS REGULATORS REINSURANCE ROAD SAVINGS SERVICE SECTORS SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES MARKETS SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS SERVICES PROVIDERS SERVICES SECTOR SERVICES SECTORS SERVICES TRADE SPECIFIC SERVICES SECTORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUE WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD TRADE WTO Services trade reform matters, but what is Doha doing about it? It has been hard to judge, because of the opaqueness of services policies and the opaqueness of the request-offer negotiating process. This paper attempts to assess what is on the table. It presents the results of the first survey of applied trade policies in the major services sectors of 56 industrial and developing countries. These policies are then compared with these countries' Uruguay Round commitments in services and the best offers that they have made in the current Doha negotiations. The paper finds that at this stage, Doha promises greater security of access to markets but not any additional liberalization. Uruguay Round commitments are on average 2.3 times more restrictive than current policies. The best offers submitted so far as part of the Doha negotiations improve on Uruguay Round commitments by about 13 percent but remain on average 1.9 times more restrictive than actual policies. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the analysis here shows that much remains to be done to achieve them. 2012-03-19T19:09:56Z 2012-03-19T19:09:56Z 2009-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090416133806 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4097 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4903 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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ACCOUNTING AIR AIR FREIGHT AIR PASSENGER AIR PASSENGERS AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE AUXILIARY SERVICES BANKS BEST MARKET BRAIN DRAIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS SERVICES COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COUNTRY MARKETS CRITICAL MASS CROSS BORDER TRADE CROSS-BORDER TRADE DEPOSIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DIRECT INVESTMENT DISCRIMINATORY REGULATION DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA DOMESTIC REGULATIONS EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EQUITY FOREIGN EQUITY PARTICIPATION FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FOREIGN SERVICES FREIGHT GATS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAWS LIFE INSURANCE LOCAL LAW LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MFN MINISTERS MOBILITY MODES OF SUPPLY MONOPOLIES NATIONAL TREATMENT OUTSOURCING PASSENGER TRANSPORT PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PUBLIC MONOPOLIES QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAILWAY REFORM PROGRAMS REGULATORS REINSURANCE ROAD SAVINGS SERVICE SECTORS SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES MARKETS SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS SERVICES PROVIDERS SERVICES SECTOR SERVICES SECTORS SERVICES TRADE SPECIFIC SERVICES SECTORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUE WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD TRADE WTO |
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ACCOUNTING AIR AIR FREIGHT AIR PASSENGER AIR PASSENGERS AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRANSPORT AUTOMOBILE AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE AUXILIARY SERVICES BANKS BEST MARKET BRAIN DRAIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS SERVICES COMMERCIAL PRESENCE COUNTRY MARKETS CRITICAL MASS CROSS BORDER TRADE CROSS-BORDER TRADE DEPOSIT DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DIRECT INVESTMENT DISCRIMINATORY REGULATION DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA DOMESTIC REGULATIONS EXCHANGE RATE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EQUITY FOREIGN EQUITY PARTICIPATION FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN OWNERSHIP FOREIGN PROFESSIONALS FOREIGN SERVICES FREIGHT GATS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCOME INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAWS LIFE INSURANCE LOCAL LAW LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET ACCESS MFN MINISTERS MOBILITY MODES OF SUPPLY MONOPOLIES NATIONAL TREATMENT OUTSOURCING PASSENGER TRANSPORT PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PUBLIC MONOPOLIES QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RAIL RAIL FREIGHT RAILWAY REFORM PROGRAMS REGULATORS REINSURANCE ROAD SAVINGS SERVICE SECTORS SERVICES LIBERALIZATION SERVICES MARKETS SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS SERVICES PROVIDERS SERVICES SECTOR SERVICES SECTORS SERVICES TRADE SPECIFIC SERVICES SECTORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TRADE IN SERVICES TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUE WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD TRADE WTO Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4903 |
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Services trade reform matters, but what
is Doha doing about it? It has been hard to judge, because
of the opaqueness of services policies and the opaqueness of
the request-offer negotiating process. This paper attempts
to assess what is on the table. It presents the results of
the first survey of applied trade policies in the major
services sectors of 56 industrial and developing countries.
These policies are then compared with these countries'
Uruguay Round commitments in services and the best offers
that they have made in the current Doha negotiations. The
paper finds that at this stage, Doha promises greater
security of access to markets but not any additional
liberalization. Uruguay Round commitments are on average 2.3
times more restrictive than current policies. The best
offers submitted so far as part of the Doha negotiations
improve on Uruguay Round commitments by about 13 percent but
remain on average 1.9 times more restrictive than actual
policies. The World Trade Organization's Hong Kong
Ministerial had set out ambitious goals for services but the
analysis here shows that much remains to be done to achieve them. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya |
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Gootiiz, Batshur Mattoo, Aaditya |
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Gootiiz, Batshur |
| title |
Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? |
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Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? |
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Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? |
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Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? |
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Services in Doha : What’s on the Table? |
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services in doha : what’s on the table? |
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2012 |
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