Home

    About

    Open Access Repository

    SearchBrowse by ThemeBrowse by AuthorBrowse by TypeMost Popular Titles

    Other Resources

    Curators

    Events

    Contributing Think Tanks

    Networks

    Using Content

    FAQs

    Terms of Use

    13,800+ curated items from top Think Tanks.
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Home

    About

    Open Access Repository

    SearchBrowse by ThemeBrowse by AuthorBrowse by TypeMost Popular Titles

    Other Resources

    Curators

    Events

    Contributing Think Tanks

    Networks

    Using Content

    FAQs

    Terms of Use

    India and Trade Facilitation in Services (TFS) Agreement: Concerns and Way Forward

    Mukherjee, Arpita; Kapoor, Avantika | October 2017
    Abstract
    Services are a major component of global gross domestic product and employment, and a rising component of global trade and investment flows. This is the largest sector of the Indian economy contributing significantly to economic growth and foreign investment flows. India is among the top ten World Trade Organization member countries in trade in services, and the country has a positive trade balance in services. However, global trade in services faces a number of barriers at the border and behind the border, which makes it difficult for service providers from developing countries such as India to access key markets in their preferred modes of services trade. Given this background, this paper examines how trade in services can be liberalised within the WTO framework. It presents some of the recent estimates of trade costs related to barriers to trade in services, and examines why it is difficult to measure trade facilitation in services. It then examines India’s proposal on Trade Facilitation in Services (TFS), highlighting the benefits, gaps in the proposal, issues and way forward. The paper is based on secondary information analysis, and discussion with policymakers and experts from India and abroad.
    Citation
    Mukherjee, Arpita; Kapoor, Avantika. 2017. India and Trade Facilitation in Services (TFS) Agreement: Concerns and Way Forward. © Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7651.
    Keywords
    Taxation
    Business Financing
    Investment Requirements
    Capital Needs
    Tax Incentives
    Project Risks
    Tariff agreements
    Customs convetions
    Import policy
    Export policy
    Trade Finance
    Risk Financing
    Regional Development Finance
    Public Finance
    Infrastructure Financing
    Financing of Infrastructure
    Financial Security
    Financial Intermediation
    Finance And Trade
    Enterprise Financing
    Trade Regulation
    Trade Finance
    Regional Trade Agreements
    General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade
    Foreign and Domestic Financing
    Investments
    Finance
    Market
    Markets
    Use tax
    Tax administration and procedure
    Taxing power
    Effect of taxation
    Business enterprises
    Foreign trade and employment
    Mentoring in business
    Trade routes
    Bills of exchange
    Swaps
    Show allCollapse
    Citable URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/7651
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Thumbnail
    Working_Paper_347.pdf (999.4Kb)
    Author
    Mukherjee, Arpita
    Kapoor, Avantika
    Theme
    Finance
    Trade
     
    Copyright 2016-2021 Asian Development Bank Institute, except as explicitly marked otherwise
    Copyright 2016-2021 Asian Development Bank Institute, except as explicitly marked otherwise