Minimum Premium Rates for Category 2 and 3 Aircraft Transaction under the ASU

29-Jun-2009

2009 Minimum Premium Rates for Category 2 & 3 Aircraft Transaction under the ASU.

In accordance with Article 37 a) 3) of the Aircraft Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft (the ASU), the Participants to the ASU have agreed to new 2009 minimum premium rates for category 2 and Category 3 aircraft transaction.

Tables 2 a) and 2 b) below replace prevailing Tables 2 a) and 2 b) in Section 3 of Appendix III of the ASU.

World trade set to fall 13 percent, OECD urges governments to avoid protectionism

19-May-2009

With world trade volumes likely to shrink by as much as 13 percent in 2009 from 2008 levels, the OECD is urging governments to avoid protectionist measures and keep markets open in order to allow economies to benefit from the recovery when it comes.

Category A and Category B projects for the year 2007

30-Mar-2009

This document comprises information in respect of Category A and Category B projects notified by Members of the Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) for the year 2007, pursuant to the 2003 OECD Recommendation on Common Approaches on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits.

November 2008 - Export Credits Meetings

28-Nov-2008

Summary Reports:
of the major meetings that took place on the week of the 17 November 2008.

116th Meeting of the Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG)

104th Meeting of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

11th Annual Consultation Meeting between OECD Export Credit Committees

38th Meeting of the Participants to the Aircraft Sector Understanding (20 - 21 November 2008)

7th Consultation with the Aviation Working Group (21 November 2008)

OECD countries affirm commitments to aid, open trade and investment markets

26-Nov-2008

OECD countries have reaffirmed their commitments on aid to developing countries and undertaken to abstain from trade protectionism, as part of a concerted drive to shore up the world economy and combat recession.

Major exporters pledge ongoing credit support for developing country imports

24-Nov-2008

Thirty-six exporting countries, including 29 OECD countries plus Brazil, Estonia, India, Israel, Romania, Russia and Slovenia, issued a statement pledging continued export-credit support for international trade deals in line with a call by G20 leaders for emerging and developing economies to retain access to financing for imports in the present financial crisis.

Trade and Environment at the OECD: Key issues since 1991

04-Nov-2008

This paper provides an overview of work on trade and environment in the OECD since 1991 and summarises the main conclusions and policy recommendations arising from that work.

Checklist for Negotiators of Environmental Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements.

04-Nov-2008

This document provides a checklist on environmental issues for negotiators of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in order to provide guidance to countries wishing to include environmental provisions in RTAs.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) spillovers and their interrelationships with trade

08-Oct-2008

This paper uses firm-level data to identify FDI spillovers across countries and sectors. A positive interaction is found between trade liberalisation and productivity spillovers.

Rising Agricultural Prices: Causes, Consequences and Responses (Policy Brief)

11-Sep-2008

World prices of wheat, coarse grains (in particular corn), rice and oilseed
crops nearly doubled between 2005 and 2007 and continued to rise in early
2008. These prices, along with those of meat, sugar and dairy products, are
likely to ease somewhat in the next 10 years, but are likely to stay well above
the average of the past decade.