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Services Trade Liberalisation and Regulatory Reform: Re-invigorating International Cooperation

This World Bank Working Paper reviews the policy restrictions of trade and investment in services of WTO member economies, and finds that even the best offers so far in the Doha negotiations are on average twice as restrictive as actual policy. Additional market opening is hardly in prospect. This paper develops two proposals to enhance the prospects for both liberalisation of services trade and regulatory reform. If these proposals cannot be fully implemented in the Doha time frame, then any Doha agreement could at least lay the basis for a forward-looking program of international cooperation along the proposed lines.

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Unleashing Hong Kong’s Creative Youth

This HKTDC report presents findings of a survey on the current status and challenges of young entrepreneurs in Hong Kong. Nearly 20% of young people in Hong Kong currently operate or plan to start their own business. The main challenges of the young entrepreneurs include keen competition among industry players, difficulty in developing new markets and garnering new buyers.  The report reiterates the need for support for entrepreneurs in the preparation or start-up phase of business. This is a valuable piece of research that provides a comprehensive picture of the needs of young entrepreneurs in the city, and thus stimulates policy insights on entrepreneurship development in Hong Kong.

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Publisher

Subject

Recent Developments in Transfer Pricing

(seminar presentation)

ADBI (October 2011)

trade

China’s industry upgrade and opportunities for Hong Kong expertise

(in Chinese Language only)

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (September 2011)

industry, China

At your service: a rising sector for the Mainland middle class

(Chinese language only)

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (Sept 2011)

China

Hong Kong’s exports to post-quake Japan set to improve

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (September 2011)

trade, HK

China export prices continue to move up – an update on rising production cost

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (September 2011)

trade, China

The Role of the People's Republic of China in International Fragmentation and Production Networks: An Empirical Investigation

ADB (September 2011)

China

Services Policy Reform in the People's Republic of China: Before and After the Global Financial Crisis

ADBI (August 2011)

services, China

Evaluating the Contributions of Regional Trade Agreements to Governance of Services Trade

ADBI (August 2011)

services, regional integration

Dubai grows as a regional re-export hub

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (August 2011)

Asia's Changing Role in World Trade: Prospects for South - South Trade Growth to 2030

ADB (July 2011)

trade

Sequencing Regionalism: Theory, European Practice, and Lessons for Asia

ADB (June 2011)

regional integration

Understanding Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia

ADBI (June 2011)

FDI

Unleashing Hong Kong’s creative youth

Hong Kong Trade Development Council (May 2011)

entrepreneurship, HK

The Status of East Asian Free Trade Agreements

ADBI (May 2011)

regional integration

Asia's Free Trade Agreements: How is Business Responding?

ADBI (January 2011)

regional integration

How the iPhone Widens the United States Trade Deficit with the People's Republic of China

ADBI (December 2010)

trade, finance