Cameron Martin

This paper explores the nature of international services trade and the success that free trade areas have in supporting services trade. Four FTAs are considered; the European Union, NAFTA, ASEAN and EFTA with the expectation that the most integrated among them – the EU – has been the most successful at encouraging the growth of international services trade. By using a gravity model, it will be shown that NAFTA, not the European Union, has been the most successful in growing international trade in services between 1992 and 2017.

The nature of services trade and a brief introduction to the four FTAs in question is covered in the introduction. This is followed by a literature review that situates the current debate over international services trade, the study of such trade, and the existing literature on services trade with regards to FTAs. The methodology and data is introduced, and this is followed by a presentation and discussion of the results and what these mean for international services trade and trade blocs. In conclusion, it is discussed as to whether or not we can say that those FTAs have actually succeeded at growing international services trade.

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