Background documentation of the Global Forum on Trade, June 2008

A. Documents for the meeting

B. Related documents on Trade issues

C. Presentations made during the conference

D. News releases, speeches and statements

A. Documents for the meeting

• Globalisation and emerging economies
• Recovery and beyond: enhancing competitiveness to realise Indonesia's trade potential
• Brazil: Selected trade issues
• China and India: A comparison of two trade integration approaches
• China's Trade and Growth: Impact on selected OECD countries

B. Related documents on Trade issues

• OECD Working Papers on Trade
• OECD Policy Briefs on Trade
• "South-South trade in goods", OECD
• "South-South services trade, OECD"
• "Trading Up" publication, OECD
• OECD work on Aid for Trade
  

C. Presentations made during the conference

Session I

• Richard Newfarmer, World Bank
  
  
• Jörg Wuttke, European Chamber of Commerce in China
  
  

Session II

• Przemek Kowalski and Margit Molnar, OECD
  
  
• Pekka Sutela, Institute for Economies in Transition, Bank of Finland
  
  
• Presentation by the World Bank Institute  on "World Trade Indicators, 2008, Benchmarking policy and Performance", www.worldbank.org/wti
  
  

Session III

• Razeen Sally, London School of Economics and Political Science
  
  

D. News releases, speeches and statements

Opening session

• Speech by Pier Carlo Padoan, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
  
  
• Speech by Masahiro Kawai , Asian Development Bank Institute
  
  
• Speech by Isher Judge Ahluwalia ,Chairperson, ICRIER, India
  
  

Session IV

• Speech by Isher Judge Ahluwalia ,Chairperson, ICRIER, India
  
  

Rapporteur's report

• Report by Simon J. Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland