Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Services and Trade in CEFTA Countries; 3. Barriers to Trade in Services by Sector; 4. Conclusions; Tables; Figures; Boxes
Summary
The Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) was concluded among the countries of Southeastern Europe with the aim to promote further trade integration. The agreement states the objective to 'expand trade in goods and services and foster investment by means of fair, clear, stable and predictable rules.' While recent literature on trade in the CEFTA region has focused on analyzing trade in goods, the purpose of the paper is to identify the remaining barriers to trade in services among the CEFTA countries. The paper presents: (i) the economic and trade importance of the service sector in CE
