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来源类型 | Discussion Paper |
规范类型 | 工作论文 |
ISBN | 978-3-88985-689-0 |
Implications of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) for developing countries | |
Stephenson, Sherry; Alexandros Ragoussis; Jimena Sotelo | |
发表日期 | 2016 |
出版年 | 2016 |
概述 | What are the implications of a future TiSA agreement for developing countries? This paper highlights relevant issues in the negotiations and identifies potential risks to non-members, while arguing that TiSA can and should be more development-friendly to avoid deeper segregation of services markets |
摘要 | Although the level of ambition shared in negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) is high, one of the biggest fears is that the agreement will negatively impact on third countries that are either excluded or unwilling to participate. This paper highlights the issues in the negotiations that are most relevant to them and analyses direct and indirect channels of potential impact of the agreement on non-participants. We argue that the most substantial impact of TiSA on developing countries will likely come indirectly from the high regulatory standards that will need to be met by all services exporters, including third countries in trade agreements with TiSA members, as well as through the diversion of investment flows and global value chain operations to the TiSA area. We show that accession may represent a notable challenge for many emerging economies due to the high degree of regulatory heterogeneity between them and TiSA participants. However, we argue that there are ways of making the agreement more development-friendly. By adding chapters with a development focus and linking the implementation of TiSA to the WTO-led Aid for Trade Initiative, among other recommendations, negotiators would go a long way towards making the agreement more appealing to developing countries.
Sherry Stephenson is a Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD). She has written this study in her own capacity and the views reflected in it are the author’s alone and should not be attributed to the ICTSD or its donors. Alexandros Ragoussis is an Associate Fellow in the department “World Economy and Development Finance” at the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Jimena Sotelo is a Junior Programme Officer at the ICTSD. She has written this study in her own capacity and the views reflected in it are the author’s alone and should not be attributed to the ICTSD or its donors. |
URL | https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/implications-of-the-trade-in-services-agreement-tisa-for-developing-countries/ |
来源智库 | German Development Institute (Germany) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/499948 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Stephenson, Sherry,Alexandros Ragoussis,Jimena Sotelo. Implications of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) for developing countries. 2016. |
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