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Strengthening trade policy dialogue with non-Member countries is a key objective for the Trade Committee. This effort focuses on improving understanding of the effects of trade liberalisation and advancing the integration of developing and transition nations into the multilateral trading system. Read more ...
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Modal estimates of services barriers
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 51. This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications.
China's trade and growth: Impact on selected OECD countries
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 44. Through an analysis of its integration into the world's goods and services markets, the paper examines China's influence on the global economy and impact on selected OECD countries.
South-South trade in goods
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 40. The empirical analysis presented in this paper indicates that trade between developing countries (South-South trade) offers a wide scope for specialisation and efficiency gains.
South-South services trade
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 39. This paper contributes to the debate on the development potential of South-South trade in services. It represents the first attempt to identify key features governing the South-South dimension of services.
Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice, Doha
The aim of this Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.
Trade policy dialogue on the multiple dimensions of market access and development, Mexico, 23-24 Oct 2006
The OECD Trade Directorate has organised a Global Forum on Trade in partnership with the World Bank, and with the support of the Government of Mexico. This Forum considered market access across various development dimensions including global (MFN) liberalisation, North-South trade and South-South trade, trade in services, and regional trade liberalisation (as a complement to multilateral liberalisation). Click here for the full report of the Forum.
Policy Brief: South-south trade: Vital for development
The most effective way to make trade work for development and poverty reduction is for countries to agree on much improved market access under the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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