Major Steel-producing Economies Make Progress on Elements of a Steel Subsidies Agreement

Senior government officials from major steel-producing economies convened a sixth High-Level Meeting on steel at the OECD in Paris on 18 July (i) to discuss significant industry, market and policy developments, and (ii) to advance work on a proposed steel agreement to discipline subsidies.

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• Die wichtigsten stahlproduzierenden Volkswirtschaften erzielen Fortschritte bei der Ausarbeitung eines Abkommens über Stahlsubventionen
• Die wichtigsten stahlproduzierenden Volkswirtschaften erzielen Fortschritte bei der Ausarbeitung eines Abkommens über Stahlsubventionen

News Conference - Steel-producing Nations in Push to Reach Subsidies Agreement

The world’s main steel-producing nations began three days of talks in Paris today aimed at reaching an internationally binding agreement on cutting or eliminating subsidies to the industry.

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• OECD Pressekonferenz - Stahlproduzierende Länder drängen auf den Abschluss eines Subventionsabkommens
• OECD Pressekonferenz - Stahlproduzierende Länder drängen auf den Abschluss eines Subventionsabkommens

Reforms Could Boost China’s Ability to Attract Foreign Investment

China’s scorecard for attracting foreign investment reads like this: Trying hard, doing well, but could do even better.

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• Reformen koennten Chinas Faehigkeit, Auslandsinvestitionen anzuziehen, erheblich steigern
• Reformen koennten Chinas Faehigkeit, Auslandsinvestitionen anzuziehen, erheblich steigern

OECD Investment Policy Reviews - China: Progress and Reform Challenges

This study records and evaluates the development so far of an enabling environment for FDI and suggests policy options designed to improve it further. Foreign investors were initially attracted to China by cheap land and labour, the promise of a large market and, to some extent, by fiscal incentives. To sustain and increase large-scale FDI inflows, it is now necessary

OECD Investment Policy Review of China: Overview of Progress and Policy Challenges

December 2000. Because of its size, China's "open door policy" launched twenty years ago constitutes a unique and vast laboratory for the study of major structural changes in China and the world economy.

Venture Capital Policy Review: Sweden (STI Working Paper 2003/11)

This paper analyses trends in Swedish venture capital markets and makes policy recommendations which have been developed through an OECD peer review process.

Venture Capital Policy Review: Denmark (STI Working Paper 2003/10)

This paper analyses trends in Danish venture capital markets and makes policy recommendations which have been developed through an OECD peer review process.

Enterprise Policy Performance Assessment (EPPA) for Albania

The analysis and assessments in this report provide valuable insights into the key issues confronting SME owners and managers in Albania, and the challenges for policy makers.

Productivity Growth in Service Industries: An Assessment of Recent Patterns and the Role of Measurement (STI Working Paper 2003/7)

This paper examines recent patterns in productivity growth of service industries and analyses the role of problems in measuring service productivity growth on industry and aggregate productivity growth.

Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility: Enhancing the Role of Business in the Fight against Corruption - Making the Most of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

25 June 2003, Paris, France. In conjunction with the 2003 Annual Meeting, National Contact Points held a Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility which focused on enhancing the role of business in the fight against corruption.