TY - BOOK ID - 77934814 TI - The World Trade Organization and trade in services AU - Alexander, Kern AU - Andenæs, Mads Tønnesson PY - 2008 SN - 1282397664 9786612397660 9047431405 9789047431404 9789004162440 9004162445 PB - Leiden Boston Martinus Nijhoff Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Diensten KW - GATT KW - Internationaal handelsrecht. KW - World Trade Organization. KW - Libre-échange. KW - Services (Industrie) KW - Free trade. KW - Service industries KW - Free trade and protection KW - Trade, Free KW - Trade liberalization KW - International trade KW - Droit. KW - Law and legislation. KW - Organisation mondiale du commerce. KW - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization) KW - Biśva Bāṇijya Saṃsthā KW - Dėlkhiĭn Khudaldaany Baĭguullaga KW - DTÖ KW - Dünya Ticaret Örgütü KW - Munaẓẓamat al-Tijārah al-ʻĀlamīyah KW - O.M.C. KW - OMC KW - ʻOngkān Kānkhā Lōk KW - Organisation mondiale du commerce KW - Organização Mundial do Comércio KW - Organización Mundial de Comercio KW - Organización Mundial del Comercio KW - Organizația Mondială de Comerț KW - Organizzazione mondiale del commercio KW - Organizzazione mondiale per il commercio KW - Qaṅgkār Bāṇijjakamm Bibhab Lok KW - Sāzmān-i Tijārat-i Jahānī KW - Shi jie mao yi zu zhi KW - SOT KW - Světová obchodní organizace KW - Svitova orhanizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ torhivli KW - Światowa Organizacja Handlu KW - Tổ chức thương mại thế giới KW - Viśva Vyapāra Saṅgaṭhana KW - Vsemirnai︠a︡ torgovai︠a︡ organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - VTO KW - W.T.O. KW - Welthandelsorganisation KW - World Trade Organisation KW - WTO KW - منظمة التجارة العالمية KW - 世界貿易組織 KW - 世界贸易组织 KW - Free trade KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77934814 AB - The World Trade Organisation plays the primary role in regulating international trade in goods, services and intellectual property. Traditionally, international trade law and regulation has been analysed primarily from the trade-in-goods perspective. Services are becoming an important competence for the WTO. The institutional, legal and regulatory influence of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on domestic economic policymaking is attracting increasing attention in the academic and policymaking literature. The growing importance of services trade to the global economy makes the application of the GATS to trade in services an important concern of international economic policy. The GATS contains important innovations that build on the former GATT and existing WTO/GATT trade regime for goods. This book fills a void in the academic and policymaking literature by examining how the GATS governs international trade in services and its growing impact on the regulatory practice of WTO member states. It offers a unique discussion of the major is-sues confronting WTO member states by analysing the GATS and related international trade issues from a variety of perspectives that include law, political economy, regulation, and business. Moreover, the role of the WTO in promoting liberalised trade and economic development has come under serious strain because of the breakdown of the Doha Development Round negotiations. The book analyses the issues in the Doha services debate with some suggested policy approaches that might help build a more durable GATS framework. The book is a welcomed addition to the WTO literature and will serve as a point of reference for academics, policymakers and practitioners. ER -