Trade Policy Priorities for Financial Services
21 June 2019 | Geneva, Switzerland | By Invitation Roundtables,
Trade | Tags:
Financial Regulation,
Services Trade International financial service providers account for a key part of global services flows and have been a historic catalyst of services trade negotiations. Yet, countries today are reluctant to undertake deeper international commitments in financial services
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Firm Heterogeneity in Services Trade: Micro-Level Evidence from Eight OECD Countries
Sebastian Benz,
Dorothée Rouzet and
Francesca Spinelli | 18 April 2019
Trade,
Working Papers | Tags:
Services Trade This paper shows that smaller and less productive firms, as well as first-time exporters are overproportionally affected by services trade barriers using micro-data from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Trade Policy Priorities for Maritime Transport Services
12 March 2019 | By Invitation | Geneva, Switzerland Roundtables,
Trade | Tags:
Sectors,
Services Trade,
Transport International transport services play a key role in the global economy and are expected to grow significantly as globalization pushes ahead. Maritime transport is a core pillar of the industry.
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International Economic Cooperation in Troubled Times: A Call for Strong Action by the G20
Axel Berger,
Uri Dadush,
Andreas Freytag,
Simon Evenett,
Christian von Haldenwang,
Ricardo Meléndez Ortiz,
Raúl Ochoa,
Agustin Redonda and
Karl P. Sauvant | 26 November 2018
Blog,
Fiscal,
Trade | Tags:
Employment,
G20,
Investment,
Protectionism,
Services Trade,
Tax Competition,
Tax Expenditures The leaders of the G20 will meet on 30 November and 1 December in Buenos Aires for their annual summit. They need to acknowledge that the last two years have been characterized by strong headwinds for the world economy. This time, however, it is not
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Investor-State Dispute Settlement: An Anachronism Whose Time Has Gone
Johannes Schwarzer | 24 September 2018
Policy Briefs,
Trade | Tags:
Investment,
ISDS,
Services Trade Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) – a mechanism that allows foreign investors to bring claims against host governments to an international arbitral tribunal – is a postcolonial relic that should be abolished.
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