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A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ON TRADE IN SERVICES:
CONCEPTS AND LIBERALIZATION PRINCIPLES

Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
            Note


INDEX

    SUMMARY

    PRESENTATION

I.  DEFINITION OF SERVICES

II. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS IN SERVICES

1. The categories of transactions

2. From Invisible Trade to Trade in Services - The evolution of the concept

3. The Internationalization of Services

a) Transborder data flows

b) Multinational Enterprises

c) Mobility Capital

d) Mobility of Labour

e) Technology

f) Intellectual Property Rights

III. BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR LIBERALIZATION

1. Non discrimination

a) Most Favored Nation (MFN)

b) National Tretament

c) Liberalization and Transparency

2. Discrimination

a) Reciprocity

b) Partial liberalization (regional)

c) Developing country-specific provisions

IV. MEASURES WHICH AFFECT ACCESS TO THE SERVICES MARKET

a) Non-discriminatory Quantitative Measures

b) Price-based Measures

c) Right of Establishment and Market Presence

d) Standards, Certification Requirements and Industry-Specific Regulations

e) Government Procurement and Subsidization

 
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