Free Trade in Services and EAEU Single Services Market: Current State and Opportunities
Abstract
The paper examines trade in services regimes of the Eurasian Economic Union. The main aim of this article is to reveal characteristics of existing trade
in services regimes as well as to compare those regimes. It is described what kind of obligations on provision of national treatment and most favored nation
treatment, on restraint from application of quantitative and investment restrictions are taken by the Eurasian Economic Union member states.
It is explained how the Eurasian Economic Union single services market is evolving. It is also stated that regulatory consistency is a necessary precondition
for creation of certain single services markets on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union. In addition, it is indicated whether there is regulatory
consistency in the sectors within which single services markets will be launched in accordance with liberalization plans.
This article may be used by students of higher education institutions, entrepreneurs and other interested persons for the purposes of brief studying of existing
trade in services regimes on the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union.
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United Nations Central Product Classification (CPC), Version 2.1.
