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Doha Agenda: Issues for the Financial Services Negotiations »

Authors: Sydney J. Key
ISBN-13: 9780844741826, ISBN-10: 0844741825
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Sydney J. Key

Book Synopsis

This study provides a unique framework for analyzing the role of the GATS and the WTO in the liberalization and regulation of the financial services sector.

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	International Trade in Financial Services	4
	E-Finance	6
	Modes of Supply	7
3	Liberalization and Regulation	11
	Three-Pillars of Liberalization	12
	Strengthening Domestic Financial Systems	20
	The Prudential Carve-Out in the GATS	24
4	National Treatment and Market Access	27
	"Binding" Existing and Ongoing Liberalization	28
	Foreign Direct Investment	32
	Cross-Border Services	37
5	Nondiscriminatory Structural Barriers	43
	Regulatory Transparency	44
	"Effective Market Access"	47
	Recognition of Prudential Measures	51
	The Intra-EU Approach	53
6	Conclusion	57
	Notes	61
	References	87
	Index	101
	About the Author	105