Publications & Documents

Alignment assessment of industry programmes with the OECD minerals guidance

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance is being used as the basis and benchmark by many industry initiatives created to ensure the responsible sourcing of minerals. This report presents the findings of a pilot alignment assessment of five industry programmes against the recommendations of the OECD Guidance to gauge the coherence, effectiveness and credibility of these initiatives.

Code de l'OCDE de libération des mouvements de capitaux

Cette publication présente le texte intégral du Code de l’OCDE de la Libération des Mouvements de Capitaux en vertu duquel les pays adhérents ont accepté des obligations juridiquement contraignantes. Elle permet une comparaison du degré de libéralisation atteint par chaque pays adhérent en relation aux mouvements de capitaux à la date de Mars 2018.

Appointing authorities and the selection of arbitrators in investor-state dispute settlement

The consultation on appointing authorities and the selection of arbitrators in investor-state dispute settlement paper and comments received are being made available in order to foster informed public and inter-governmental debate.

Call for candidates: OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct seeks a new Chair

29/03/2018 - The OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct is seeking candidates for a new Chairs to assist in implementing and promoting the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

Multinational enterprises and global value chains: New insights on the trade-investment nexus

Despite their acclaimed importance, empirical evidence on MNEs is not widely available and largely incomplete, with data only available for a subset of OECD economies. Based on the new OECD analytical AMNE database including information on MNEs across 43 industries and countries on a bilateral basis, this paper derives new insights on the importance of MNEs today.

News on innovation, science, technology and industry

Every month, this newsletter delivers the latest reports, statistics and policy recommendations from the OECD on the translation of science, technology and knowledge into innovation.

Science, technologie et innovation : Perspectives de l'OCDE 2016

L’OCDE indique que les zones franches sont utilisées pour le trafic de produits contrefaits

Les zones franches – où l’activité économique tire avantage de taxes et de contrôles douaniers allégés, d’une réglementation peu contraignante et d’une surveillance restreinte – connaissent une croissance rapide qui favorise de façon non intentionnelle le développement du trafic de produits contrefaits, selon les auteurs d’un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE et de l’Office de l’Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle (EUIPO).

Treaty shopping and tools for investment treaty reform

Paris, 12 March 2018 - The fourth annual OECD Investment Treaty Conference addressed treaty shopping -- a controversial investment treaty issue of policy interest for many governments and stakeholders -- and explored tools to help interested governments improve their investment treaty policies.

84th Session of the Steel Committee, Paris, 5-6 March 2018

Presentations and main topics discussed at the 84th Session of the Steel Committee held in Paris, 5-6 March 2018.