Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

Trade in services drives the exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. It helps firms cut costs, increase productivity, participate in global value chains and boost competitiveness. Consumers benefit from lower prices and greater choice.

However, international trade in services is often impeded by trade and investment barriers and domestic regulations. The Service Trade Restrictions Index (STRI) helps identify which policy measures restrict trade. It provides policy makers and negotiators with information and measurement tools to open up international trade in services and negotiate international trade agreements. It can also help governments identify best practice and then focus their domestic reform efforts on priority sectors and measures.

The STRI indices take the value from 0 to 1, where 0 is completely open and 1 is completely closed. They are calculated on the basis of information in the STRI database which reports regulation currently in force.

服务贸易推动理念、专有技术与技术的交流。它助力企业降低成本、提升生产率、融入全球价值链并增强竞争力，消费者则可从中获益于更低的价格与更丰富的选择。

然而，国际服务贸易常受贸易与投资壁垒及国内规制的阻碍。服务贸易限制指数（Service Trade Restrictions Index，STRI）可助力识别限制贸易的政策措施，为政策制定者与谈判者提供信息与测算工具，以推动国际服务贸易开放及国际贸易协定谈判。此外，该指数还可帮助各国政府识别最佳实践，进而将国内改革重心聚焦于重点领域与相关措施。

STRI指数的取值范围为0至1，其中0代表完全开放，1代表完全封闭。该指数基于STRI数据库中收录的当前生效规制信息测算得出。