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The Construction of the Idea on Trade in Services and Its Implications
XIE Cheng
(Permanent Mission of China to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna)
Abstract: In 1970s, the services sectors in US and other industrialized countries experienced a wave of accelerated development at the global level. Against this background, OECD presented the idea on trade in services from the perspective of trade policy, and engaged in the relevant policy research and policy coordination. Meanwhile, an international epistemic community researching on trade in services gradually took in shape, and it provided necessary knowledge, experiences and intellectual support for the contracting parties of GATT to negotiate on the multilateral rules on trade in services. The construction of idea on trade in services was an achievement resulted from the practices of services internationalization as well as the joint efforts of many economists and important international organizations. Based on this new idea, the US government introduced its legislation on trade in services, and made trade in services as a new issue subject to the GATT trade negotiations, which had a far- reaching influence on the world economy and global economic governance. This article examines the construction process of this vital idea on trade in services in the 20th century so as to seek the policy recommendations for the Chinese government on how to shape the international trade rules of the 21st century with other countries.
Keywords: trade in services; GATT; WTO; epistemic community; institutional discourse power