The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements

Staiger, Robert W.

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“…Thanks to the growing tradability of services, service led growth could be the new norm for countries seeking an alternative growth strategy where manufacturing resources are exhausted. And in that case the economics literature on international trade agreements based on tari¤ agreements covering trade in goods should be revisited to seriously consider trade-in-services agreemets (Staiger and Sykes, 2016).…”

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World Trade in Services

Loungani¹,

Mishra²,

Papageorgiou³

et al. 2017

IMF Working Papers

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Using a newly constructed dataset on trade in services for 192 countries from 1970 to 2014, this paper shows that services currently constitute one-fourth of world trade and an increasingly important component of global production. A detailed analysis of patterns and stylized facts reveals that exports of services are not only gaining strong momentum and catching up with exports of goods in many countries, but they could also trigger a new wave of trade globalization. Research applications of the trade in service dataset on structural transformation, resilience, labor reallocation, and income distribution are outlined.

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World Trade in Services

Loungani¹,

Mishra²,

Papageorgiou³

et al. 2017

IMF Working Papers

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“…They argue that the WTO has constrained domestic subsidies so much that some efficient policy mixes can no longer be attained through trade negotiations. Another example is offered by Staiger & Sykes (2019), who consider the WTO's approach to service trade liberalization under the GATS. They argue that the GATS' problems are rooted in its focus on behind-the-border measures and suggest that countries should instead engage in shallow negotiations over discriminatory taxes imposed against foreign service providers.…”

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“…The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures are other important WTO agreements that have deep integration elements Staiger & Sykes (2019). andBagwell & Staiger (2006) analyze these agreements, and we will come back to these papers below.3 An interesting fact about standards is that many of them are actually voluntary Schmidt & Steingress (2020).…”

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The Political Economy of Deep Integration

Maggi

Ossa

2021

Annu. Rev. Econ.

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Modern trade agreements no longer emphasize basic trade liberalization but instead focus on international policy coordination in a much broader sense. In this review we introduce the emerging literature on the political economy of such deep integration agreements. We organize our discussion around three main points. First, the political conflict surrounding trade agreements is moving beyond the classic antagonism of exporter interests who gain from trade and import-competing interests who lose from trade. Second, there is a more intense popular backlash against deep integration agreements than there was against shallow integration agreements. Finally, the welfare economics of trade agreements has become more complex, in the sense that the goal of achieving freer trade is no longer sufficient as a guide to evaluating the efficiency of international agreements.

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“…The TRIPS agreement covers a wide range of IPR policies including patents, copyrights, industrial designs, and 2 The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures are other important WTO agreement that have deep integration elements. Staiger and Sykes (2019) and Bagwell and Staiger (2006) analyze these agreements and we will come back to these papers below. 3 An interesting fact about standards is that many of them are actually voluntary.…”

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The Political Economy of Deep Integration

Maggi

Ossa

2020

SSRN Journal

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Modern trade agreements no longer emphasize basic trade liberalization but instead focus on international policy coordination in a much broader sense. In this paper we introduce the emerging literature on the political economy of such deep integration agreements. We organize our discussion around three main points. First, the political conflict surrounding trade agreements is moving beyond the classic antagonism of exporter interests who gain from trade and importcompeting interests who lose from trade. Second, there is a more intense popular backlash against deep integration agreements than there was against shallow integration agreements. And third, the welfare economics of trade agreements have become more complex, in the sense that the insight that "free trade is good" is no longer sufficient as a guide to evaluating the efficiency of international agreements.

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The Economic Structure of International Trade-in-Services Agreements

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