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The OECD Global Forums on Trade bring together trade policy makers, academics, industry representatives and other experts from OECD and non-OECD countries to exchange views on current trade policy issues. It is often with a focus on issues of importance in trade relations between developed and developing countries and on the role of the international community in supporting developing countries with their integration efforts.
The Forum aims to foster a deepened understanding of the benefits of trade liberalisation and rules strengthening, with particular attention to the development dimension and trade-related policy reforms.
These policy dialogue events aim to contribute to the expansion of trade and the wider sharing of the benefits of globalization, and to the increased integration of non-member economies, including those who have recently acceded to the WTO or will accede in the near future, in the world economy and the multilateral trading system. The dialogue is based on regular analysis to evaluate and strengthen the process of policy reform and trade liberalisation through forward-looking analysis, and addresses emerging trade policy issues.
Themes for the Global Forum on Trade have revolved around issues of the current round of multilateral trade negotiations including in such areas as market access, impact of erosion of preferences, services liberalization, non-tariff barriers, trade facilitation and special and differential treatment. Another common theme has been the challenges of globalization, with attention paid to the benefits as well as the interaction of trade and adjustment policies and trade and innovation.
Trade policy makers, academics, industry representatives and other experts from OECD and non-OECD countries.
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