Assessing Barriers to Trade in Services in India

This study analyses the linkages between India’s services trade flow and its probable barriers. The results of the analysis show that the linkages between services export and services trade barriers are multiple and complex. One of the findings of this paper suggests that improved trade facilitation may help unlock the unrealized trade potential, and, therefore, more effective policy approaches toward improved services trade infrastructure would be needed to facilitate services export from India. The study finds that recreating favourable domestic policies that are responsible for services trade facilitation and reforming domestic regulations in trade and infrastructure sectors need utmost attention