Liberalizing Trade in Services: Strategies for Success by Phedon NicolaidesReview by: William Diebold Jr.Foreign Affairs, Vol. 68, No. 4 (Fall, 1989), p. 203Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20044140 .

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tional policies with "a loving band of protectionism" for important emerg

ing and declining sectors.

DEVELOPMENT AID AND HUMAN RIGHTS. By Katarina Tomasev ski. New York: St. Martin's, 1989, 205 pp. $39.95.

"Human rights ought to be incorporated in development aid to prevent it from becoming part of the problem it purports to solve." That attractive idea is pursued in this book in a series of uneven chapters that sometimes

only scratch the surface of very complex matters, but occasionally dig deep and are always spirited. Some of the most valuable sections show how

irregularly the goal is pursued by national donors, the World Bank and the United Nations. The author, who has law degrees from Harvard and Zagreb universities, wrote under the auspices of the Danish Center for Human

Rights.

LIBERALIZING TRADE IN SERVICES: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS.

By Phedon Nicolaides. New York: Council on Foreign Relations Press (for the Royal Institute of International Affairs), 1989, 119 pp. $14.95 (paper).

Rejecting loose comparisons with international trade in goods, this

interesting study stresses the special characteristics of international service

activities and the complexities of liberalizing regulated industries. Mr.

Nicolaides of Chatham House is critical of the European Community's efforts to combine liberalization with the harmonization of national mea sures. He gives a good account of how service issues have been handled in

GATT, shows why developing countries have a serious interest in taking part in such negotiations and recommends for all countries that "foreign service-providers should be treated in the same manner as domestic pro viders."

LINKAGE OR BONDAGE: U.S. ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH THE ASEAN REGION. By Hans H. Indorf and Patrick M. Mayerchak. Westport (Conn.): Greenwood Press, 1989, 149 pp. $35.95.

"Given the present conditions, it seems unlikely that ASEAN as a regional organization

can assist the process of national development." Nevertheless,

say these two specialists in southeast Asia, the United States ought to be more responsive to the problems of the region, even if many have to be dealt with bilaterally. They are none too hopeful about what this country will do and provide a cooler assessment of the data than one often finds in the discussion of these issues.

CHINA'S ECONOMIC OPENING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD. By Jonathan R. Woetzel. New York: Praeger, 1989, 208 pp. $45.00.

Against a strong historical background, Dr. Woetzel, a consultant to

McKinsey's Hong Kong office, shows how the ups and downs of the new

openings in trade and investment are intimately linked to divided counsels, interests and practices among the Chinese. He has interesting interview

material on Western ventures and concluded?before the events of May and June 1989?that the challenge for the new line in external relations "is to promote change without turbulence."

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