Preface.
Abbreviations;
Table of Cases;
Introduction;
Chapter 1.
Conceptualizing the Framework of Analysis;
1. Regulation;
2. Liberalization;
3. Deregulation and Privatization;
4. Regulation and Liberalization as Elements of the State-Market Relationship;
Chapter 2.
Regulatory Policies and Instruments;
1. Economics and Politics of Regulation;
2. Types and Instruments of Regulation;
3. Deregulation, Re-regulation and Regulatory Reform;
4. Conclusion;
Chapter 3.
Structure and Scope of Trade Liberalization under GATS.
1. Overview of GATS;
2. Interpreting GATS;
3. Scope of the GATS;
Chapter 4.
Market Access and Non-discrimination.
1. Schedules of Specific Commitments;
2. Market Access;
3. National Treatment;
4. Non-violation Nullification and Impairment of Specific Commitments;
5. Most-favoured-nation Treatment;
Chapter 5.
Transparency, Disciplines on Domestic Regulation and General Exceptions.
1. Transparency and Related Administrative Obligations;
2. Future Disciplines on Domestic Regulations;
3. Adjudicating Necessity: Limits of the WTO Dispute Settlement System to Reconcile Trade Liberalization and National Regulation;
4. General Exceptions;
Chapter 6.
Sectoral Examples: Telecommunications and Health Services.
1. Telecommunications;
2. Health Services;
Conclusion;
Annex;
Bibliography;
Index.