This paper presents the scoring and weighting methodology for calculation of the services trade restrictiveness indices … reconcile the complexity of services trade restrictions with binary scoring, non-binary measures are broken down to multiple …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for transport and courier services. The STRIs ….43), with little variation across countries. A preliminary assessment of restrictiveness in cross-border trade in the sector …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for the regulated professions of legal and …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for motion pictures, television and broadcasting …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for distribution services. The STRIs are …

Taking global value chains (GVCs) into account has important implications for trade policy. When production is … vertically fragmented and trade in intermediate inputs is prevalent, one has to look differently at a certain number of issues … implies, using the example of Canada (case study 2). To illustrate how trade agreements could be made more relevant for GVCs …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for telecommunications. The STRIs are composite …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for construction, architecture and engineering … corresponding value is only marginally lower, 0.2, for engineering services. The majority of regulations affecting trade in these …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for financial services. The STRIs are composite …

This paper presents the services trade restrictiveness indices (STRIs) for computer services. The STRIs are composite ….18. Explicit barriers to trade in computer services are rare, but the sector is subject to a number of economy-wide restrictions …