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on 29-May-2008
Have we entered a new era of high food prices? What factors will be driving agricultural prices and farm policies over the coming years? Such questions are tackled by OECD and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation in their latest joint study.
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from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008
The economic impact of climate change, rising food prices and a broad range of other trade, growth and development issues will be discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. France, represented by Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, will chair the meeting, with Mexico and Switzerland as Vice-Chairs.
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on 11-Oct-2006
An attempt to bridge some of the divisions that led to the breakdown of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations earlier this year has been made in Buenos Aires on 10 and 11 October 2006, at an international conference on agriculture policies organised by the OECD, World Trade Organisation and Inter-American Development Bank A press conference held at 12:30 on Wednesday 11 October at the venue of the meeting
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from 06-Nov-2006 to 07-Nov-2006
The aim of this Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.
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from 27-Sep-2006 to 28-Sep-2006
The OECD Development Co-operation and Trade Directorates, in collaboration with the Government of Cameroon, are organising a Regional Forum which will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27-28 September 2006. The Forum will discuss how to identify countries' trade facilitation needs and priorities and the cost implications of possible measuresand to ensure that technical assistance and capacity building for trade facilitation is effective, operational and coherent.
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from 18-Oct-2005 to 19-Oct-2005
A conference on trade facilitation was held on 18-19 October 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The conference, open to all WTO member economies, discussed the implications of ongoing negotiations on trade facilitation for developing countries.
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10th February 2006: OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition
on 10-Feb-2006
The OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition was held in Paris on 10th February 2006. This one-day event addressed developing country concerns about trade and competition. Participantsdiscussed, among other things, case studies on competition, competitiveness and development as well as research on competition provisions in regional trade agreements and their implementation.
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on 19-Oct-2004
The sixth informal consultation with civil society organisations took place on Tuesday 19 October 2004.
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Workshop on enhancing competitiveness in the agro-food sector: making policies work
from 16-Jun-2004 to 17-Jun-2004
The primary purpose of the Workshop was to examine factors that underpin competitiveness along the agro-food supply chain in the Baltic countries, drawing on the experiences of OECD countries. The Workshop focused on competitiveness at the national level and, in particular, the role of public policies in enhancing and sustaining competitiveness in the supply chain.
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Examination of Ukraine's agricultural policies
on 14-Nov-2003
Ukrainian agricultural policies were discussed at a peer examination by the members of the Committee for Agriculture. The discussion was based on the report "Achieving Ukraine's Agricultural Potential: Stimulating Agricultural Growth and Improving Rural Life" prepared jointly by the World Bank and OECD in co-operation with Ukrainian and international experts. The report was published in English and Ukrainian in September 2004.
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