The Liberalization of Maritime Transport Services: With Special Reference to the WTO/GATS Framework

A detailed analysis of the history of maritime transport services in the Uruguay and post-Uruguay Round negotiations and the role of the sector in the ongoing Doha Round talks. The reader will be confronted with an extensive overview of the role of maritime transport services in the WTO/GATS framework, a topic basically uncovered in the literature so far.

I - Trade in Services and World Economic Growth.- II - Identifying Trade Barriers.- III - The Dogmatic Concept Underlying Maritime Transport Services in International Law.- IV - Trade in Maritime Transport Services: The Regulatory Framework.- V - Maritime Transport Services in the World Trade Organization.- Summary of Study.- A: Literature.- B: Documents.