Book Review: Rupa Chanda and Pralok Gupta (eds), India-EU People Mobility: Historical, Economic and Regulatory Dimensions

DOI10.1177/0015732515625731
AuthorDebashis Chakraborty
Published date01 May 2016
Date01 May 2016
Subject MatterBook Reviews
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Book Reviews
The findings of various chapters are based not only on secondary research but
also on insights gained through primary survey of various stakeholders in the
selected services sectors. Thus, the policy suggestions to improve India–EU trade
relations reflect ground realities of the India–EU bilateral services trade and not
just the theoretical constructs of such relationship.
This book should serve as a useful source of data and information pertaining to
India–EU services trade for students, academicians, researchers, think tanks and
policymakers.
Pralok Gupta
Assistant Professor (Services and Investment)
Centre for WTO Studies
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi
Rupa Chanda and Pralok Gupta (eds), India-EU People Mobility:
Historical, Economic and Regulatory Dimensions. New Delhi: Cambridge
University Press, 2015, `595, 236 pp., ISBN 978-1-107-10481-5.
DOI: 10.1177/0015732515625731
The Doha Round negotiations are in stalemate for a long time, owing to the dif-
ferences in standpoint among WTO members on reform modalities in various
segments, including agricultural subsidies, Non-Agricultural Market Access
(NAMA) reform coefficients, General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS)
commitments, inclusion of Singapore issues in the agenda etc. Reaching an agree-
ment on GATS in particular has been difficult owing to multiple reasons, of which
the request-offer framework and the non-transparent nature of trade barriers
deserve particular mention. More specifically, the movement of professionals
(i.e., Mode 4 of GATS) has witnessed quite a few policy-induced barriers in many
countries, although movement of service-seekers to another country, for example,
students, patients (Mode 2 of GATS), is relatively open.
The slower pace of trade reform through multilateral negotiations has prompted
the countries to increasingly explore bilateral and regional routes for trade promo-
tion. While the regional trade agreements (RTAs) generally tend to cover trade in
merchandise products, recent comprehensive trade arrangements are integrating
trade in services and...

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