The services sectorincluding financial services, telecommunications, transportation, tourism, and professional serviceshas become critical to the continued economic dynamism in the Americas. And the quality and competitiveness of this sector are essential to economic growth and development. On average, servicesincreasingly traded in more numerous and far-reaching ways than goodsaccount for nearly two-thirds of the gross domestic product of the Western Hemisphere. The importance of the sector, however, is disproportionately large in Central America and the Caribbean, where it often is the...