Trade in Services between ASEAN and EC Member States: Case Studies for West Germany, France, and the Netherlands

This paper analyses data released by the three EC member countries' Central Banks on payments and receipts for services traded between West Germany, France, and the Netherlands on the one hand and the five founding member states of ASEAN on the other. Chapter II analyses the changing role of services in the five ASEAN countries' balance of payment until 1987. Chapter III to V highlight the development of transactions in services between ASEAN countries on the one hand and West Germany, Frace, and the Netherlands during the 1970s and 1980s on the other, Chaoter VI on common as well as country-specific elements of bilateral transactions in services between ASEAN and the EC countries.