Trade Liberalisation

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.

Do Bilateral and Regional Approaches for Reducing Technical Barriers to Trade Converge Towards the Multilateral Trading System?

30-Oct-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 58. This paper examines provisions regarding “technical barriers to trade” in selected bilateral and regional trade agreements and reviews to what extent such provisions go beyond the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade.

The impact of pro-competitive reforms on trade in developing countries

06-Jun-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 54. This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition policies and how together they impact trade in developing countries. Moreover, the paper further examines pro-competitive reforms in key services sectors and the extent to which trade agreements can promote them through the experience of the WTO telecoms Reference Paper.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part II: Findings of ten country cases

19-Sep-2007

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

The interaction between investment and services chapters in selected regional trade agreements

22-Jun-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No.55. This report analyses the interactions between the investment and services chapters of 20 regional trade agreements; identifies four major types of interaction and then looks at the implications for levels of investment protection and liberalisation.

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.