Modal estimates of services barriers

20-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 51.  This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications.

Services trade and domestic regulation

18-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 49.  This paper argues that regulatory measures affect the fixed cost of entering a market as well as the variable costs of servicing that market.

Issues of dual use and reviewing product coverage of environmental goods

13-Apr-2007

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2007-01.  This paper addresses two of the key challenges in the on-going negotiations on environmental goods:  dual and multiple use of environmental goods; and a review process of product coverage.

Regional trade agreements and environment

11-Apr-2007

This report provides an overview of approaches to environmental issues in regional trade agreements and summarises countries' experience in the negotiation and implementation of relevant provisions.

Examining the trade effect of certain customs and administrative procedures

30-Jan-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 42.  Recent research at OECD provides new evidence that customs and administrative procedures have substantial effects on trade flows.

OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation, 27-28 September 2006, Yaoundé (Cameroon)

19-Jan-2007

The OECD Development Co-operation and Trade Directorates, in collaboration with the Government of Cameroon, organised a Regional Forum on "Maximising the Developmental Benefits of Trade Facilitation". The Forum took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27-28 September 2006.

Statistics on Export Credit Activities (up to and including the year 2005)

17-Jan-2007

Official aggregated record of the level of officially supported export credits extended by OECD Member countries for the period to the end of 2005.

Business services, trade and costs

05-Jan-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 46.  This paper analyses the role of business services in selected OECD and non-OECD economies with a comprehensive, quantitative cross-country analysis of how the manufacturing and business services sectors interact in the production process.

The role of trade barriers in SME internationalisation

20-Dec-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 45.  This paper discusses trade barriers that SMEs are likely to encounter, available policy tools for addressing these barriers, and how SME participation in the trade policy process can be facilitated.

Dynamic gains from trade

04-Dec-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 43.  The post world war II era has been characterized by unprecedented growth in the world economy and progressive reduction in barriers to international trade and investment. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent the observed growth and deepening international economic integration are related.




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