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Trade in energy services: GATS and India [1]

Energy plays a vital role in the development of any economy and given its unequal distribution trade in energy, especially fossil fuels, is an important component of international trade. In the past, due to its public good characteristics, energy-related services were mostly supplied by the government. With liberalization and globalization the sector underwent
significant transformation. Many new services developed and large multinationals emerged which increased global trade in energy services. Energy services is now an important component of all trade agreements.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2009
Arpita Mukherjee [2], Ramneet Goswami [3]
ICRIER [4]
Tags:
Trade [5], Coal [6], Nuclear Power [7], Energy Efficiency [8], Renewable Energy [9], Energy [10], Oil [11], Natural Gas [12], Electricity [13], GATT [14], India [15]
Centre for Science and Environment
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