Financial services and preferential trading arrangements : : lessons from Latin America / / Mona Haddad and Constantinos Stephanou, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785293803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-64536-6; 9786612645365; 0-8213-8312-4
• Descrizione fisica: xxiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Collana: Directions in Development
• Altri autori (Persone): HaddadMona; StephanouConstantinos <1971->
• Disciplina: 332.1098
• Soggetti: Financial services industry - Government policy - Latin America; Latin America Commercial treaties; Latin America Commercial 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: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Financial Services Liberalization, Preferential Trade Agreements, and the Latin American Experience: An Introduction; Key Policy Messages; Structure of the Volume; Notes; References and Other Resources; Chapter 2: Financial Services and Trade Agreements: An Overview; Overview of Trade in Financial Services: Liberalization of Trade in Financial Services and Financial Liberalization; Financial Services and Preferential Trade Agreements; Negotiating Financial Services Liberalization; Negotiating Financial Services in PTAs: International ExperienceLessons from Latin America and the Caribbean; Conclusions; Annex 2A: GATS Definition of Financial Services; Annex 2B: Financial Services in Latin American and Caribbean PTAs; Annex 2C: Liberalization Commitments in Financial Services for Selected Countries; Notes; References and Other Resources; PART I: Horizontal Issues; Chapter 3: Architectural Approaches to the Treatment of Trade and Investment in Financial Services in Selected Preferential Trade Agreements; Chapter 4: Conducting a Trade-Related Regulatory Audit in Financial ServicesPART II: Country Case Studies; Chapter 5: Trade in Financial Services: The Case of Chile; Chapter 6: Financial Services in the Colombia-United States Free Trade Agreement; Chapter 7: The CAFTA-DR-U.S. Negotiations on Financial Services: The Experience of Costa Rica; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume chronicles the recent experience of governments in the Latin American region that have successfully completed financial services negotiations in the context of regional trade agreements. It aims at providing policymakers and negotiators with a better understanding of the complexities involved in financial services negotiations and a deeper understanding of the substantive issues related to financial services liberalization within a regional context, the process negotiators have to go through, and likely effects of financial market opening within regional agreements. The book fills