Trade Liberalisation

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.

Can energy-efficient electrical appliances be considered "Environmental goods"?

25-Aug-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-04. This chapter considers electrical appliances for home and office, which are produced and consumed in large and increasing numbers in industrialised and, increasingly, in developing economies.

OECD Regional Forum - Maximising the Developmental Benefits of Trade Facilitation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 27-28 September 2006

07-Aug-2006

The OECD Development Co-operation and Trade Directorates, in collaboration with the Government of Cameroon, organised a Regional Forum in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27-28 September 2006. The Forum discussed how to identify countries' trade facilitation needs and priorities and the cost implications of possible measures and to ensure that technical assistance and capacity building for trade facilitation is effective, operational and coherent.

The impact of monitoring equipment on air quality management capacity in developing countries

04-Apr-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-02.  This report explores the impacts of air quality monitoring programmes implemented over the last decade in five developing countries and examines the role of procurement of specialised equipment, usually imported, associated with the various air quality monitoring programmes.

Liberalisation of trade in renewable energy and associated technologies: Biodiesel, solar thermal and geothermal energy

06-Apr-2006

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2006-01. This paper, the second in a series, examines the implications of liberalising trade in three forms of renewable energy: biodiesel, solar-thermal water heaters, and geothermal energy systems.

OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform Finland: A New Consensus for Change

06-Jun-2006

Latest in the OECD Reviews on Regulatory Reform on Finland:  A New Consensus for Change.  Special chapter on Enhancing Market Openness thru Regulatory Reform read more

OECD Reviews on Regulatory Reform Norway: Preparing for the Future Now

06-Jun-2006

Coming soon - OECD Reviews on Regulatory Reform Norway:  Preparing for the Future Now.

Competition provisions in regional trade agreements

03-Apr-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 31.  This study provides a taxonomy of the types of competition-related provisions contained in selected regional trade agreements. It describes different types of provisions addressing, inter alia, co-operation and coordination among competition agencies, anticompetitive behaviour, dispute settlement, and special and differential treatment.

Intertwined: FDI in Manufacturing and Trade in Services

18-Jan-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 25.  This study analyses the increased use of traded services in the fragmentation process in four different manufacturing value chains (apparel, automobiles, semiconductors, and wood furniture), and is complemented by empirical work examining the relationship between services liberalisation and manufacturing FDI.

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.