Examines how FTAs affect domestic value-added in services across 78 countries, indicating significant implications for international economics.
The global economy has undergone a profound transformation from trade in final goods to trade organized through fragmented production and cross-border task specialization.In this new environment, services are no longer merely auxiliary activities attached to merchandise trade; they have become essential inputs into production, coordination, logistics, finance, communication, design, and other value-creating stages of global value chains (GVCs).As production becomes increasingly service-intensive, the relationship between trade agreements and value creation in services has become a central issue in international economics.Against this background, free trade agreements (FTAs) have continued to expand as a form Journal of Economic Integration
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