J. Neilson, D. Taglioni, The Trade Policy Linkages Division of the OECD Trade Directorate

The paper presents the translation of the Part II of the OECD international report on the study “Services Trade Liberalization: Identifying Opportunities and Gains” prepared by Julia Neilson and Daria Taglioni of the Trade Policy Linkages Division in the Trade Directorate, under the oversight of Ken Heydon, Deputy Director of the Trade Directorate in 2004. The Secretary-General has agreed to declassify the document under his responsibility, as recommended by the Working Party of the Trade Committee, with the aim of bringing information on this subject to the attention of a wider audience.

Part II “Modeling the Economic Benefits of Services Trade Liberalization” is turned to define possible economic outcomes and evaluate effects from the trade services liberalization both for developed and developing countries on the basis of quantitative analysis launched.