Services
WTO Domestic Regulation and Services Trade
Domestic regulation of services sectors has a significant impact on services trade liberalization which is why General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) disciplines are negotiated in the WTO. With the help of analyses and case-studies from academics regulators and trade experts this book explores the scope and limits of WTO legal principles to promote domestic regulatory reform. Case-studies discuss country-specific challenges and experiences of regulating important service sectors such as finance telecommunications distribution legal education health postal and logistics services as well as the role of regulatory impact assessments. The findings will interest trade officials policy-makers regulators think tanks and businesses concerned with the implications of domestic regulation on access to services markets and with the opportunities for formulating trade disciplines in this area. It is also a useful resource for academics and students researching regulatory approaches and practices in services sectors.
World Trade Report 2019
Services have become the most dynamic component of global trade with an increasingly important role in the global economy and in everyday life. Yet the extent of services’ contribution to global trade is not always fully understood. The World Trade Report 2019 attempts to remedy this by examining how trade in services is evolving and why services trade matters.
Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2016
En el Informe sobre el Comercio Mundial 2016 se examina la participación de las pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) en el comercio internacional así como la forma en que la situación comercial internacional está cambiando para las pymes y lo que el sistema multilateral de comercio hace y puede hacer para promover una participación más amplia e inclusiva de las pymes en los mercados mundiales.
Air Transport and the GATS
This special compilation describes air transport services from a regulatory and economic point of view with a special focus on market access questions. Each volume contains original material and up-to-date insights written on the basis of close cooperation with industry professionals. It contains the documentation prepared by the WTO Secretariat for the WTO Membership in the framework of a quinquennal review process of the air transport sector. It deals with services "auxiliary" to air transport namely maintenance repair and overhaul airlines' ticket distribution franchising leasing ground handling airport management and air navigation services.
Services Profiles 2013
Services Profiles 2013 provides statistics on key “infrastructure services” i.e. transportation telecommunications finance and insurance for 140 economies. The information is derived from multiple sources such as national accounts employment statistics balance of payments statistics foreign affiliates’ trade in services (FATS) statistics foreign direct investment (FDI) statistics and quantitative indicators largely sourced from international/regional organizations and specialized bodies.
Harnessing Services Trade for Sustainable Growth
The services sector has been the main source of economic growth in recent decades. Logistics finance and information technologies are essential to the functioning of modern economies while business services healthcare and entertainment are among the world’s fastest growing sectors. This publication – co-published by the WTO and the World Bank – underlines the contribution that trade and investment in services can make to economic growth and development. It highlights in particular the importance of re-energizing international cooperation on services trade and encourages reflection on how best to mobilize assistance for developing and least-developed economies in implementing services sector reforms so that they can reap the gains from expanded trade and investment in services.
El comercio de servicios para el desarrollo
El sector de los servicios ha sido la principal fuente de crecimiento económico en los últimos decenios. La logística las finanzas y las tecnologías de la información son esenciales para el funcionamiento de las economías modernas; por otro lado los servicios prestados a las empresas la atención sanitaria y el esparcimiento son algunos de los sectores que más rápido han crecido a nivel mundial. Esta publicación conjunta de la OMC y el Banco Mundial pone de relieve la contribución que el comercio y la inversión en el sector de los servicios pueden hacer al crecimiento económico y al desarrollo. Destaca en particular la importancia de revitalizar la cooperación internacional en el sector del comercio de servicios y fomenta la reflexión sobre la mejor manera de movilizar la asistencia para las economías en desarrollo y las menos adelantadas respecto de la aplicación de las reformas relacionadas con los servicios a fin de que esas economías puedan aprovechar los beneficios de la expansión del comercio y la inversión en el sector de los servicios.
Le commerce des services pour le développement
Au cours des dernières décennies le secteur des services a été la principale source de croissance économique. Si la logistique la finance et les technologies de l'information jouent un rôle essentiel dans le fonctionnement des économies modernes les services fournis aux entreprises les soins de santé et les loisirs figurent parmi les secteurs dont la croissance est la plus forte au monde. Cette publication – publiée conjointement par la Banque mondiale et l'OMC – met en avant la contribution que le commerce et l'investissement dans le secteur des services peuvent apporter à la croissance et au développement économiques. Elle souligne en particulier qu'il est important de redynamiser la coopération internationale dans le commerce des services et invite à réfléchir sur la manière de mobiliser au mieux l'aide pour les économies en développement et les économies les moins avancées dans la mise en œuvre des réformes du secteur des services afin que celles-ci puissent tirer parti de l'expansion du commerce et de l'investissement dans ce secteur.
General introduction
This Note has been produced at the request of the Council for Trade in Services in the framework of the second review of the Air Transport Annex.
Acknowledgements
The World Trade Report 2016 was prepared under the general responsibility of Xiaozhun Yi WTO Deputy Director-General and Robert Koopman Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division. This year the report was coordinated by Marc Bacchetta and Cosimo Beverelli. The authors of the report are Marc Auboin Marc Bacchetta Cosimo Beverelli Barbara D’Andrea Christophe Degain Alexander Keck Andreas Maurer José-Antonio Monteiro Coleman Nee Roberta Piermartini and Robert Teh (Economic Research and Statistics Division); and Antonia Carzaniga Joscelyn Magdeleine Juan Marchetti Lee Tuthill and Ruosi Zhang (Trade in Services and Investment Division).