Date: 2014
Type: Article
China - electronic payment services : discrimination, economic development and the GATS
World Trade Review, 2014, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 409-442[Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics]
HOEKMAN, Bernard M., MEAGHER, Niall, China - electronic payment services : discrimination, economic development and the GATS, World Trade Review, 2014, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 409-442[Global Governance Programme], [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/34225
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
This paper provides a legal–economic analysis of the unappealed WTO Panel Report in China – Certain Measures Affecting Electronic Payment Services (WT/DS413/R). The core issue was whether China's measures that resulted in there being only one dominant supplier of electronic payment services (EPS) in China violated the specific commitments made by China under the GATS. The panel ruled that the measures did not violate China's market access commitments because there were no explicit limitations on the entry of foreign suppliers, but that the measures were inconsistent with China's national treatment commitments in that they modified the conditions of competition in favour of domestic suppliers. This case illustrates the complexity in interpreting WTO Members’ commitments under the GATS.
Additional information:
First published online on April 28, 2014; Revised version of EUI RSCAS WP 2013/68; Global Governance Programme-66
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/34225
Full-text via DOI: 10.1017/S1474745614000068
ISSN: 1474-7456; 1475-3138
Series/Number: [Global Governance Programme]; [Global Economics]
Other topic(s): Regulation and economic policy
Initial version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/28101
Files associated with this item
Files | Size | Format | View |
---|---|---|---|
There are no files associated with this item. |