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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459358603321

Autore

Togan Subidey

Titolo

Economic liberalization and Turkey / / Subidey Togan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99516-1

1-282-58964-4

9786612589645

0-203-85509-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

The Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series ; ; 7

Disciplina

330.9561

Soggetti

Free trade - Turkey

Trade regulation - Turkey

Electronic books.

Turkey Commercial policy

Turkey Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: Liberalization of trade in goods; 2 The foreign trade regime and trade liberalization in Turkey; 3 Standards, conformity assessment and technical barriers to trade; Part II: Liberalization of services; 5 Electricity sector policy reform; 6 Policy reform in the natural gas sector; 7 Liberalization of banking services; 8 Maritime freight transport sector policy reform; 9 Policy reform in the road freight transport sector; Part III: Quantifying the impact of economic liberalization

10 Impact of economic liberalizationNotes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The liberalization of the Turkish economy is a key factor affecting Turkey's application to join the European Union. This book examines the impact of economic liberalization in Turkey and Turkey's approach to the elimination of barriers to trade. It focuses on the liberalization of trade in Turkey's agricultural and industrial commodities sector and key



services such as telecommunications, electricity, natural gas, banking and transport. The chapters include thorough discussions on WTO and EU approaches for the elimination of barriers to trade, international and EU rules and regulations in