Comercio potencial de servicios del Per? con el Asia Pac?fico

Services account for 47% of global output and, as per several studies conducted, the liberalization of their trade brings more advantages than trade in goods. Despite of this fact, there has been little research on the subject, and the definition of services has remained controversial. Peru sticks to global trend, as services represent 65% of GDP and 75% of EAP. Moreover, the development of tertiary sector is essential to attain a hub position. This paper is aimed at identifying the potential trade in services with Asia Pacific, based on trade and liberalization indicators ?this region accounts for nearly 18% of current world trade?. It considers the commercial behavior of Peru, as well as that of Chile and Colombia, which are regarded as competitors in their condition of ?access platform? to the Andean sub region. It is concluded that there are many possibilities to intensify relations with Asia Pacific and policy recommendations that should be taken into account by the Peruvian foreign policy are provided.Los servicios representan el 47% del producto mundial y diversos estudios se?alan que la liberalizaci?n de su comercio ofrece mayores beneficios que el correspondiente al de bienes. Pese a ello hay poca investigaci?n sobre este tema y la definici?n del concepto servicios es a?n motivo de controversia. El Per? no escapa de la tendencia mundial pues los servicios constituyen el 65% del PBI y el 75% de la PEA. Adem?s su desarrollo es vital para el objetivo nacional del posicionamiento hub. El presente estudio tiene como meta identificar sobre la base de indicadores comerciales y de liberalizaci?n el comercio potencial de servicios con el Asia Pac??co regi?n que representa cerca del 18% del comercio mundial actual. Esta investigaci?n abarca el comportamiento comercial peruano as? como el de Chile y Colombia pa?ses a los que tambi?n se les considera competidores como ?plataforma de entrada? a la subregi?n andina. Se encuentra que hay un amplio margen para intensi?car relaciones con el Asia Pac??co y se ofrece recomendaciones de pol?tica con relaci?n a la pol?tica exterior peruana