Trade Liberalisation

OECD work on trade provides analytical underpinnings to support continued trade liberalisation and foster an understanding of trade policy linkages of public concern. Trade and investment liberalisation has proven to be both a powerful stimulus to economic growth and a key factor in integrating an expanding number of countries in the world economy.

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Trade and Labour Market Adjustments

23-Apr-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 64. This study describes recent developments in international trade and OECD labour markets and the links between them. It studies OECD labour market impacts of offshoring, trade in tasks and the integration of emerging economies in the world economy.  

The Interaction amongst Trade, Investment and Competition Policies

27-Feb-2008

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 60. The report focuses on the complementarities between trade, investment and competition policies and analyses how policy coherence can be promoted in these three important areas that shape incentives for markets to be more competitive.

Outsourcing in East Asia and its impact on the Japanese and Korean Labour Markets

28-Jan-2008

This study describes the changing patterns of intermediate goods trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in East Asia and investigates the impacts of international outsourcing on the Japanese and the Korean labour markets. OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 65.

International Production Networks in the Nordic/Baltic Regions

28-Jan-2008

This study analyses the relationship between offshoring of intermediate input production and labour demand in Sweden, Finland and Norway, distinguishing between workers with different educational attainments. OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No 61.

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2008 OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation

Cape Town, South Africa, 11-12 June 2008