Contents

pp v-viii

Contributors

pp ix-xi

List of figures

pp xii-xii

List of tables

pp xiii-xiv

List of abbreviations

pp xv-xviii

Preface

pp xix-xx

PART 1 - Beyond regulatory control and multilateral flexibility: Gains from a cosmopolitan GATS

pp 1-2

1 - Testing regulatory autonomy, disciplining trade relief and regulating variable peripheries: Can a cosmopolitan GATS do it all?

pp 3-20

PART 2 - Unexplored economic, political and judicial dimensions of GATS

pp 21-22

2 - South–South services trade

pp 23-76

3 - The race towards preferential trade agreements in services: How much market access is really achieved?

pp 77-110

4 - Rules of origin in services: A case study of five ASEAN countries

pp 111-138

5 - Comment: Is services trade like or unlike manufacturing trade?

pp 139-142

PART 3 - The limits of request–offer negotiations: Plurilateral and alternative approaches to services liberalisation

pp 143-144

6 - Services post-Hong Kong – initial experiences with plurilaterals

pp 145-171

7 - Negotiating approaches from a Member's perspective

pp 172-182

8 - Evaluating alternative approaches to GATS negotiations: Sectoral, formulae and others

pp 183-208

9 - Trade liberalisation under the GATS: An odyssey?

pp 209-222

PART 4 - GATS case law: A first assessment

pp 223-224

10 - Lessons learned from litigating GATS disputes: Mexico – Telecoms

pp 225-235

11 - From Periodicals to Gambling: A review of systemic issues addressed by WTO adjudicatory bodies under the GATS

pp 236-275

12 - Specificities of WTO dispute settlement in services cases

pp 276-295

13 - Can foreign investors in services benefit from WTO dispute settlement? Legal standing and remedies in WTO and international arbitration

pp 296-324

PART 5 - Market access, national treatment and domestic regulation

pp 325-326

14 - Some thoughts on the concept of ‘likeness’ in the GATS

pp 327-357

15 - Comment: The unbearable lightness of likeness

pp 358-369

16 - Towards a horizontal necessity test for services: Completing the GATS Article VI:4 mandate

pp 370-396

17 - Comment: Quis custodiet necessitatem? Adjudicating necessity in multilevel systems and the importance of judicial dialogue

pp 397-404

PART 6 - Unfinished business: Safeguard and subsidy disciplines for services

pp 405-406