美国对国际服务贸易统计制度的促进及动因

服务贸易是当今国际经济贸易关系中最为重要的领域之一 ,也是在WTO体制内重点谈判的议题之一。服务贸易中丰厚的利润及其对国民经济的贡献日益为各国政府和企业所认识。中国在加入WTO以后既面临着对外开放国内服务市场的压力 ,也可以抓住机遇发展我国的服务贸易 ,提高国民经济发展水平 ,从而加快全面建设小康社会的步伐。因此 ,近年来国内官、产、学三方对服务贸易的理论和实践的研究快速升温。然而对服务贸易的理论和实践的研究离不开服务贸易统计数据 ,否则无法进行实证研究。而服务贸易统计数据的全面性、及时性和准确性 ,又取决于官…

The role of the United States in promotion of statistics of international trade in services

The United States have played a role of vanguard and promoter in both of introducing the concept of “trade in services“ and developing FATS statistics. Behind what have the US done for the international system of trade in services, there are its earlier develop advantage and the huge economic and trade benefit in its trade in services with the rest of the world.