Does AFAS have bite? Comparing services trade commitments with actual practice

dc.contributor.authorDee, Philippa
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T09:22:18Z
dc.description.abstractThe paper reviews the commitments achieved so far in selected sectors under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS), and compares these commitments with actual regulatory practice. The aim is to identify whether significant services trade liberalization has been achieved in reality, rather than merely on paper. The paper also identifies the sticking points, and assesses whether current services trade restrictions remain uncommitted because of sectoral sensitivities, features of the negotiating framework, or gaps in the broader regulatory environment. In each of the sectors examined, there are examples of all three problems. The paper concludes with suggestions for additional directions that could be taken and negotiating strategies that could be employed to deal with these problems, and thus accelerate the reform process towards an ASEAN Economic Community.
dc.identifier.issn1049-0078
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/76192
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceJournal of Asian Economics
dc.titleDoes AFAS have bite? Comparing services trade commitments with actual practice
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage64
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage46
local.contributor.affiliationDee, Philippa, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidDee, Philippa, v001348
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor150499 - Commercial Services not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.absseo910303 - Trade Policy
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB5054
local.identifier.citationvolume35
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.asieco.2014.09.003
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84914177151
local.type.statusPublished Version

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