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18-Jan-2006
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 27. The WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong in December 2005 made some progress in advancing the Doha Development Agenda. But much remains to be done, particularly in settling negotiating modalities in agriculture and NAMA and in putting some flesh onto the bones of the GATS. Charting the way ahead will require that trade policy be seen in a broader domestic context which recognises that market opening works best when it is backed by sound macroeconomic policies, flexible labour markets, a culture of competition and strong institutions.
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09-Jan-2006
Proceedings of an OECD Expert Meeting, Palmerston North, New Zealand, March, 2004. The Meeting papers discuss the links between farm management and the environmental indicators for policy purposes.
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10th February 2006: OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition
16-Dec-2005
The OECD Global Forum on Trade and Competition will be held in Paris on 10th February 2006. This one-day event will address developing country concerns about trade and competition. Participants will discuss, among others, 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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13-Dec-2005
This paper compares two lists of environmental goods that have been used in the WTO negotiations on liberalising trade in environmental goods and services. It describes the genesis of the lists, which were compiled in the late 1990s.
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13-Dec-2005
OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2005-06. This report addresses the issue of environmentally preferable products (EPPs) in the context of the Doha Development Round and the Johannesburg Plan of implementation. It reviews available definitions; describes existing compilations of products and identifies broad categories of EPPs; and offers case studies on three groups of products addressing benefits (and costs) of liberalisation for selected countries and products.
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13-Dec-2005
OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2005-07. This paper examines the implications of liberalising trade in renewable energy, focussing on several representative fuels and technologies (charcoal, solar photovoltaic systems and their complements, and wind turbines and wind pumps).
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09-Dec-2005
This report examines factors that have proven helpful in achieving the successful transfer of environmentally sound technologies (EST) to developing countries. It provides an overview of the main issues lying behind trade-related aspects of EST transfers. It then briefly examines the main channels for the transfer of such technologies and the factors which are relevant to technology transfer in general, and to EST transfer in particular. It concludes with a summary of conditions for successful EST transfers which seem to be particularly relevant in the context of trade.
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