The consequences of Brexit on Services and Establishment. Different Scenarios for Exit and Future Cooperation

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This paper addresses the challenges Brexit will pose to the future of trade in services between the EU and the UK. It discusses the specific barriers to cross-border establishment and trade in services and possible solutions for a future EU-UK trade agreement. Hereby, it takes existing EU Free Trade Agreements with other states into consideration.

This research paper has been commissioned by Policy Department of DG Internal Policies at the request of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, June 2017: The consequences of Brexit on Services and Establishment. Different Scenarios for Exit and Future Cooperation http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/602035/IPOL_IDA(2017)602035_EN.pdf

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