Trade and Development

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.

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.

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.

Facilitating adjustment: Sector experiences from agriculture, telecommunications and chemicals

13-Oct-2006

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 41.  How can governments facilitate structural adjustment?  This follow-up to Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation (OECD, 2005)  draws policy implications on (1) benefits of multilateral commitments, (2) government role in domestic reform (e.g. licensing) and state ownership;  subsidies;  and facilitation of information flows, and (3) sequencing through analysis of the tobacco, coffee, telecommunications and chemicals sectors. 

Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation

14-Oct-2005

This book identifies the requirements for successful reallocation of labour and capital to more efficient uses in response to the emergence of new sources of competition, technological change and shifting consumer preferences.

Global Forum on Trade: The Market Access Challenge in the Doha Development Agenda (Paris, 5-6 June 2003)

26-May-2003

In the lead-up to Cancun, experts from OECD member and non-member governments met to discuss the opportunities and challenges of improving market access through the removal of barriers. It was a capacity-building exercise and  highlighted the development aspects of trade liberalisation.

OECD Global Forum on Trade: The Development Dimensions of the Singapore Issues, 19-20 June, Hong Kong, China

26-Aug-2002

Senior representatives debated one of the most pressing topics currently on the trade policy agenda: how best to approach in the Doha Development Agenda the so-called Singapore issues (investment, competition, government procurement, trade facilitation).

OECD Global Forum for Trade: Trade and Development Issues in Non-OECD Countries

05-Nov-2001

Report on the Workshop that took place in Santiago, Chile on 14-15 June 2001.

OECD Global Forums on Trade