Managing request-offer negotiations under the GATS: The case of legal services

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14-Jun-2004

Massimo Geloso Grosso

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 2.   This study forms part of on-going OECD work on trade in services, in cooperation with UNCTAD, aimed at assisting WTO Members in managing request-offer negotiations under the GATS.

Measures of restrictions on inward foreign direct investment for OECD countries

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02-Jun-2004

Stephen S. Golub

Based on detailed information, synthetic indicators to measure restrictions on foreign direct investment inflows are derived and used to compare policty stances across countries, sectors and time. OECD Economic Studies No. 36.

Responses to the 2002 Survey on Measures Taken to Combat Bribery in Offically Supported Export Credits - As of 14 May 2004

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14-May-2004

Information reported by Members of the OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees on measures taken to combat bribery in officially supported export credits as of 14 May 2004.

Flexiblity and Progressivity for Developing Countries in A Possible Multilateral

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14-May-2004

In the context of the WTO discussions on flexibility and progressivity in a possible Multilateral Framework on Competition (MFC), the Joint Group on Trade and Competition asked the Secretariat to prepare ...

Summary report of the 101st Export Credit Group meeting

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06-May-2004

The OECD Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) met in the afternoon of 20 and morning of 21 April 2004. The main issues for discussion were officially supported export credits in the context of the environment, the fight against corruption and Heavily Indebted Poor Countries.

Liberalising Trade in "Environmental Goods": Some Practical Considerations

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01-Mar-2004

Ronald Steenblik

Under paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, WTO Ministers mandated negotiations on “the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods ...

Experience with the Use of Trade Measures in the Montreal Protocol

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29-Feb-2004

The Montreal Protocol has introduced several very important innovations into international environmental law..

Services trade liberalisation: Identifying opportunities and gains

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06-Feb-2004

Julia Nielson and Daria Taglioni

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 1.   This study has two components: identification of concrete examples of services exports by developing countries, and quantitative studies on the gains from services liberalisation.

Environmental Goods: A Comparison of the APEC and OECD Lists

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22-Jan-2004

Ron Steenblik

This report has been prepared in response to a request from the Joint Working Party on Trade and Environment (JWPTE).

Developing-Country Access to Developed-Country Markets under Selected Ecolabelling Programmes

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19-Jan-2004

The WTO Doha Development Agenda states that “international trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty.” Enhanced market access and financed technical ...