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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.

Regulatory reform and market openness: Processes to assess effectively the trade and investment impact of regulation

20-Mar-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 48. This study seeks to identify regulatory processes, tools and policies adopted by OECD countries in order to assess the effects of domestic regulation on trade and investment and to ensure that the regulatory environment is supportive of an open market and improves trade and investment opportunities.

Inventory of policy measures addressing environmental issues in agriculture: database

08-Mar-2007

This online database contains information on Policy Measures in OECD countries addressing Environmental Issues in Agriculture. Currently, work is under progress to update the inventory, which will be available again by the end of 2009. For each country a contextual information document and a table summarising the agri-environmental expenditures is available in the database. For more information how to use this database please consult the Public Website Users Guide (link to the users guide document).

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.

Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path

30-May-2006

In demystifying the concept of market-like insruments, this study explains how to make better use of market-like insruments in fisheries management by identifying practical steps that can be taken to further their use.

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.