OUR STORE IS CLOSED ON ANZAC DAY: THURSDAY 25 APRIL

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

Preferential Services Liberalization

The Case of the European Union and Federal States

Johanna Jacobsson

$47.95

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

QTY:

English
Cambridge University Press
23 June 2022
Preferential Services Liberalization offers the first, comprehensive analysis of the conditions that the World Trade Organization sets for preferential trade agreements (PTAs) in the area of services. Johanna Jacobsson provides an in-depth analysis of the relevant GATS rules, puts forward a practical method to analyze services PTAs, and applies the method to services agreements concluded by the EU. The result is a detailed examination of the legal criteria for services PTAs and methods to study them, combined with a better understanding of the level of liberalization reached by the EU and its member states. This book does go beyond the EU in analyzing the implications that multi-level governance has for international services liberalization. It proposes a new approach to study services commitments of any federal state and argues that lower levels of government should receive more attention in international negotiations over services trade.

By:  
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 228mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   571g
ISBN:   9781108469937
ISBN 10:   1108469930
Series:   Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law
Pages:   390
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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.

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.

Reviews for Preferential Services Liberalization: The Case of the European Union and Federal States

'… a welcome, much-needed addition to the academic literature relating to the regulation of trade in services … Jacobsson's book will become the standard reference and an enjoyable read for everyone interested in services preferentialism and the mechanics of Article V of the GATS.' Panagiotis Delimatsis, Journal of World Investment and Trade


See Also