Financial Services Liberalization in the Wto

by Pierre Jacquet and Wendy Dobson

The stakes were high in the financial services negotiations that were completed in December 1997 at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The developing countries were eager to strengthen and modernize their financial systems. The industrial countries sought access to important emerging markets in Latin America and Asia for their banking, insurance, brokerage, and other financial services firms. In the end, both sides agreed to bind unilateral and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881322547
• ISBN13: 9780881322545
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Peterson Institute for International Economic
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"