Global Forum on Trade: the Market Access Challenge in the Doha Development Agenda - Background Documentation

ISSUES PAPER

A. NON-TARIFF BARRIERS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES

Non-tariff barriers in the goods sector:

• Analysis of non-tariff measures: The case of non-automatic import licensing
• Analysis of non-tariff measures: The case of export duties
• Analysis of non-tariff measures: The case of export restrictions
• Overview of non-tariff barriers: Findings from business surveys

Services:

• Managing request-offer negotiations under the GATS
• Service providers on the move: a closer look at labour mobility ands the GATS
• Service providers on the move: mutual recognition agreements
• Quantification of costs to national welfare from barriers to services trade: A literature review

Trade facilitation:

• Business Benefits of Trade Facilitation
• Transparency and Simplification Approaches to Border Procedures: Reflections on the Implementation of GATT Article X-related Proposals in Selected countries
• Transparency and Simplification Approaches to Border Procedures: Reflections on the Implementation of GATT Article VIII-related Proposals in Selected countries
• Transparency and Simplification Approaches to Border Procedures: Reflections on the Implementation of GATT Article V-related Proposals in Selected countries
• Trade Facilitation Principles in GATT Articles V, VIII and X: Reflections on Possible Implentation Approaches
• Trade Facilitation Reforms in the Service of Development - coming soon

B. LIBERALISATION OF TARIFF BARRIERS

Tariffs in general:

• Publication: OECD (1999): Post-Uruguay Round Tariff Regimes: Achievements and Outlook
• CD ROM: OECD (2003), Tariffs and Trade: OECD Query and Simulation Package

Agriculture:

• Publication: OECD (2002), Agriculture and Trade Liberalisation: Extending the Uruguay Round Agreement
• Publication: OECD (2001), The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture: An Evaluation of its Implementation in OECD Countries
• Medium Term Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in OECD Countries on the Food Security of Non-Member Countries
• Publication: OECD (2003), Agricultural Trade and Poverty: Making Policy Analysis Count, Paris
• Publication: OECD (2001), Market Effects of Crop Support Measures
• OECD (2001), Decoupling: A Conceptual Overview
• Publication:OECD (2003), Fisheries Market Liberalisation Study
• Publication: OECD (2002), Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies. Trends in Policies and Support
• OECD (2002), China in the Global Economy: Agricultural Policies in China after WTO Accession, Paris.
• Publication: OECD (2002), Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: A Positive Reform Agenda
• Publication: OECD (2003), Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries: Monitoring and Evaluation
• Publication: OECD, Agricultural Outlook, 2003-2008

Environmental goods (and services):

• Publication: OECD (2001), Environmental Goods and Services: The Benefits of Further Global Trade Liberalisation
  

C. OTHER (MARKET ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT)

• Publication:OECD (2001), The Development Dimensions of Trade
• The Development Dimension of Trade and Environment: Case Studies on Environmental Requirements and Market Access