TTIP: Why does it matter?

If successfully concluded, this would be the most significant bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to date, covering approximately 50% of global output, almost 30% of world merchandise trade (including intra-EU trade, but excluding services trade), and 20% of global foreign direct investment

The Costs and Challenges of Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures

The costs of putting in place and maintaining trade facilitation measures are not particularly large and are far smaller than the benefits gained from implementing these measures, according to this study. Moreover, an increasing amount of technical and financial assistance to implement these measures has been made available to developing countries over the last decade.

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Un accord sur la facilitation des échanges se traduirait par un gain de plusieurs milliards de dollars pour l’économie mondiale, selon l’OCDE

Un accord multilatéral visant à alléger les formalités administratives du commerce international permettrait de réduire considérablement les coûts liés aux échanges et de stimuler sensiblement l’économie mondiale, selon une nouvelle étude de l’OCDE.

Conférence de presse de l’OCDE sur les échanges le 3 mai 2013 à Genève

Des procédures et formalités commerciales complexes, dépassées et inefficaces empêchent les entreprises de profiter pleinement de l’ouverture des marchés mondiaux.

Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Potential Impact of Trade Facilitation on Developing Countries' Trade

Drawing on OECD trade facilitation indicators, this paper finds that the combined effect of comprehensive trade facilitation reform would reach almost 14.5% reduction of total trade costs for low income countries, 15.5% for lower middle income countries and 13.2% for upper middle income countries.

Facilitation des échanges – ouvrir la voie au marché mondial

L’OCDE évalue les bénéfices et les coûts associés aux efforts de facilitation des échanges et fournit un soutien analytique aux discussions de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce (OMC) dans ce domaine.

Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Impact on Trade Costs

Advance rulings, formalities and procedures, information availability and inter-agency cooperation are the policy areas with the greatest impact on trade volumes and trade costs, according to OECD trade facilitation indicators studied in this report.

To What Extent Are High-Quality Logistics Services Trade Facilitating?

Trade can be impeded by inefficient transport infrastructure, border procedures or information flows. Better logistics services reduce trade costs for businesses and improve the competitiveness of a country's exports, according to this study. (OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 108)

Trade in Raw Materials: Breaking Free from Export Restrictions

Businesses and policymakers are concerned by recent trends in export restrictions on strategic raw materials like rare earths, metals and food commodities. OECD is working to bring more transparency and discipline to the use of these restrictions.

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The Economic Impact of Export Restrictions on Raw Materials

Export restrictions on raw materials can have a negative impact on the efficient allocation of resources, international trade and the competitiveness and development of industries in both importing and exporting countries, according to this collection of papers.