The characteristics and analysis of services foreign trade on the global level

Cilj rada je analiza ukupne trgovine usluga u svijetu te uvoz i izvoz usluga na globalnoj razini. U Urugvajskoj rundi potpisan je Opći sporazum o trgovini uslugama(GATS) koji je jako bitan za globalan razvoj trgovine uslugama. Njegova je važnost u tome što uspostavlja pravila kako bi se osiguralo otklanjanje nepotrebnih barijera u trgovini uslugama. Njegovim odredbama osigurava se da tranzicijske zemlje ostvaruju veću fleksibilnost u realizaciji politike ekonomske integracije te da budu konkurentnije na tržištu usluga. U radu su analizirani pojam i obiljeţja usluga, Svjetska Trgovinska Organizacija (WTO) i dva sporazuma o trgovini uslugama GATS i TISA (Sporazum o trgovini uslugama) te je u zadnjem djelu analizirana trgovina uslugama od 2005. 2015. godine, uvoz i izvoz robe i usluga, uvoz i izvoz trgovine uslugama za 5 zemalja sa najvećim uvozom i izvozom usluga te uvoz i izvoz pojedinih vrsta usluga (transportnih, turističkih, usluga osiguranja, financijskih i poslovnih). Ustanovljeno je da budući razvoj trgovine uslugama na globalnoj razini ovisi o budućem razvoju tehnologije i tržišnim uvjetima, te da su u razdoblju od 2005. 2015. godine porasle vrijednosti uvoza i izvoza svih vrsta usluga. EU i SAD su zemlje koje prednjače u trgovini uslugama na svjetskoj razini, a sve više im se približavaju brzorastuće azijske ekonomije.The aim of this paper is to analyze the worlds total trade in services and import and export of services globally. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) which is very important for the development of global trade in services was signed during the Uruguay Round. Its importance lies in establishing rules to ensure the removal of unnecessary barriers to trade in services. Its provisions ensure that transition countries achieve greater flexibility in the implementation of policies on economic integration and to be more competitive int he services market. The paper analyzes the concept and characteristics of services, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and two agreements on trade in services, GATS and TISA ( Agreement on Trade in Services). In the last part it analyzes the trade in services from 2005 2015, the import and export of goods and services, import and export of trade in services for 5 countries with the largest import and export of services and import and export of certain types of services (transport, tourism, insurance services, financial and business). It was found that future development of trade in services on the global level depends on the future development of technologies and market conditions, and that in the period between 2005 - 2015, the value of imports and exports of all kinds of services had increased. The EU and the United States are leading countries in trade in services worldwide, and fast growing Asian economies are increasingly approaching them