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5-April-2012

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Open markets and public procurement - OECD Insights blog post

What incentives do our partners have to open their markets to our businesses when their own businesses have full access to ours? EU commissioners Karel De Gucht and Michel Barnier give the example of the European Union's new public procurement instrument.

12-October-2011

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To What Extent Do Exchange Rates and their Volatility Affect Trade?

Exchange rate levels affect trade flows in agriculture and in the manufacturing and mining sector in China, the Euro area and the United States, though they do not explain in their entirety the trade imbalances in these three economies, this paper finds.

11-May-2011

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Regional Trade Agreements and the Environment: Developments in 2010

This report features recent regional trade agreements with substantive environmental content, focusing on agreements between New Zealand and Hong Kong (China); Chinese Taipei and Nicaragua; and European Union trade agreements with Korea, Montenegro and Serbia.

15-April-2011

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The Political Economy of Services in Regional Trade Agreements

How do services commitments in RTAs influence multilateral negotiations? Through 4 case studies of the RTAs of Chile, Japan, the EU and the US, this paper looks at political economy issues underlying RTAs in general, as well as the specific concessions that countries make on trade in services.

11-April-2011

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Transparency Mechanisms and Non-Tariff Measures: Case Studies

Transparent design and implementation of domestic regulation reduces business costs for the public and private sector, according to these case studies from Australia, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States.

6-August-2010

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The Use of International Standards in Technical Regulation

To what extent do governments use international standards in their technical regulations? This paper looks at the electrical household appliance, natural gas equipment and telephony sectors in Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, United States and the European Union.

7-April-2005

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Trade and Structural Adjustment: Textiles & Clothing; Steel; Shipbuilding

Studies include: textile and clothing sectors in Bangladesh, Colombia, Lesotho, Mauritius, USA, Australia and the Slovak Republic; the steel industry in Europe and the US; and shipbuilding in the EU, Japan and Australia.

7-April-2005

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Trade and Structural Adjustment: Motor Vehicles; Health Services; International Sourcing of IT

Case studies include: motor vehicle sector in Japan, Poland, South Africa and Australia; health services in the USA and Mexico, Japan, Philippines and Thailand; international IT sourcing in the United States, India and Europe plus IBM and Infosys.

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Open markets and public procurement - OECD Insights blog post

To What Extent Do Exchange Rates and their Volatility Affect Trade?

Regional Trade Agreements and the Environment: Developments in 2010

The Political Economy of Services in Regional Trade Agreements

Transparency Mechanisms and Non-Tariff Measures: Case Studies

The Use of International Standards in Technical Regulation

Trade and Structural Adjustment: Textiles & Clothing; Steel; Shipbuilding

Trade and Structural Adjustment: Motor Vehicles; Health Services; International Sourcing of IT

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