Promoting trade in services

the long version

This report highlights progress being made in modernising the banking, telecommunications, electricity, air freight sectors in the Baltic States.  It analyses the impact of the EU Acquis communautaire on their regulatory frameworks and trade liberalisation process.  It also provides valuable insights  for the ongoing debate, confirming in particular the key role of effective domestic regulations and institutional regulatory setting, as well as the interaction of international and regional trade disciplines.