Services: The Case of Postal Versus Express Delivery Services

Abstract

In developed countries, services continue to constitute by far the largest share of national economies. For example, in the EU and the United States, approximately seventy and eighty percent, respectively, of the economy falls under the general rubric of services. Services have also increased in importance in trade: in the year 2000, the share of services in total exports came to approximately 28 percent in the United States and 22 percent in the EU, with an average for the entire OECD coming to about 19 percent.¹

OECD, GATS: THE CASE FOR OPEN SERVICES, 20–21 (2002)