Certain articles in the first issue of Economic Perspectives were condensed from longer documents. In the present Special Annex we offer the reader these fuller versions plus some additional material. This annex includes:

EXCERPTS FROM THE 1996 U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE'S ANNUAL NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT ON FOREIGN TRADE BARRIERS


THE SERVICE SECTOR AND THE U.S. ECONOMY
U.S. Department of Commerce Fact Sheet


THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF SERVICES ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (UNABRIDGED VERSION)
By Carlos A. Primo Braga


GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES: COMMITMENTS BY THE UNITED STATES,
THE EUROPEAN UNION, JAPAN, CANADA, AND MEXICO
Executive Summary of a U.S. International Trade Commission Report