Contents

pp v-vii

List of contributors

pp viii-xix

Foreword

pp xx-xx

Disclaimer

pp xxi-xxi

Acknowledgements

pp xxii-xxii

List of abbreviations

pp xxiii-xxvi

1 - An introduction to domestic regulation and GATS

pp 1-22

Part I - Impediments to services trade, regulatory theory and principles

pp 23-24

2 - Why regulate? An overview of the rationale and purpose behind regulation

pp 25-46

3 - Domestic regulation: what are the costs and benefits for international trade in services?

pp 47-62

Part II - Legal perspectives on WTO principles and domestic regulations

pp 63-64

4 - Reasonableness, impartiality and objectivity

pp 65-78

5 - Balancing legal certainty with regulatory flexibility

pp 79-94

6 - Who’s afraid of necessity? And why it matters?

pp 95-109

7 - Mutual recognition of services regulation at the WTO

pp 110-126

Part III - Case studies

pp 127-128

8 - Legal services in the United States

pp 129-141

9 - Telecommunications reform in China: fostering competition through state intervention

pp 142-158

10 - Information communications technology: the Mauritian experience of regulation and reform

pp 159-180

11 - Regulation of postal services in a changing market environment: lessons from Australia and elsewhere

pp 181-200

12 - Mobile money services provision in East Africa: the Ugandan experience

pp 201-220

13 - Financial services liberalization and regulation in Japan: implications for future negotiation on market access and domestic regulations

pp 221-238

14 - Domestic regulations in Malaysia’s higher education sector

pp 239-253

15 - Domestic regulations and India’s trade in health services: a study of hospital and telemedicine services

pp 254-269

16 - Operating integrated logistics services in a fragmented regulatory environment: what is the cost?

pp 270-288

17 - Domestic regulation of retail food distribution services in Israel: the missing link between food prices and social protest

pp 289-306

18 - Regulatory impact analysis: addressing the trade and regulatory nexus

pp 307-322

Part IV - Concluding remarks

pp 323-324

19 - Services liberalization, negotiations and regulation: some lessons from the GATS experience

pp 325-331