CIAO DATE: 03/02

Economic Perspectives

 

Volume 1, Number 1, April 1996

Trade in Services (Download the complete issue in PDF format)

Preface

Focus Articles

• An Interview With Ambassador Jeffrey Lang

• Liberalizing Global Telecommunications Trade,  by Reed Hundt, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

• Free Trade in Financial Services,  by Jeffrey Shafer, U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

• An Interview With Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Jude Kearney

• Globalizing Film Trade, Cultural Goals Compatible,  by Jeanne S. Holden

  Commentary

• WTO's Next Challenge: Liberalizing Trade in Televommunications,  by Renato Ruggiero, Director-General of the World Trade Organization

• The Service Sector: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,  by Harry L. Freeman, President, The Freeman Company

• Services in the U.S. Economy,  by Allen Sinai, Chief Economist, Economic Advisors Inc.

• The Impact of the Internationalization of Services on Developing Countries,  by Carlos A. Primo Braga, Senior Economist, The World Bank, Telecommunications Division.

  Facts and Figures

• General Agreement on Trade in Services

• Uruguay Round Opportunities: Telecommunications Services

• Country-by-Country Services Trade Liberalization Commitments

  Information Resources

• Key Contacts and Internet Sites

• Additional Readings on Trade in Services

  Departments

• Congressional Currents

• Economic Trends

• Calendar of Economic Events

• What's New in Economics: Article Alert

  Special Annex to this Issue