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News & Events
This heading compiles OECD-wide news and events. Click on any one of the topics or departments listed on the left and the news will be sorted automatically. Click here for a selection of key upcoming meetings and events. If you are looking for press releases or media contacts, visit the NEWSROOM .
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16-Sep-2005
China could overtake the US and Germany to become the largest exporter in the world in the next five years. By then, Chinese goods and services could represent as much as 10% of global trade compared with 6% at present, according to the OECD.
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07-Sep-2005
China needs to make wide-ranging changes in the way it runs its public and private sectors if it is to continue on a stable growth path leading to full integration into the world economy, according to a new report from the OECD.
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31-Aug-2005
The OECD will shortly publish two new reports on aspects of China’s economy and on public and private governance in China, as part of a series of studies conducted by the OECD in co-operation with the Chinese government under a programme launched in 1995.
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London Bombings
07-Jul-2005
The Secretary-General of the OECD, Donald J. Johnston, and the staff of the Organisation express their solidarity and sympathy with the people of London in the face of the 7 July bomb attacks and the loss of life, injury and damage that they have caused.
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26-Apr-2005
The aim of the study, presented at the Ministerial Council Meeting, is to identify, for both developed and developing countries, the requirements for successful trade-related structural adjustment by reallocating labour and capital to more efficient uses, while limiting adjustment costs for individuals, communities and society as a whole. Eight sectors have been chosen for particular attention: agriculture, fisheries, textiles and clothing, steel, shipbuilding, motor vehicles, health services and international sourcing of IT and business process services.
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07-Jul-2004
What has driven growth since the 1998 crisis? Why is prudent fiscal policy critical for Russia? Is Russian industry competitive? What should be the main priorities for structural reform? How to reform the gas, electricity and banking sectors? Can the robust growth of recent years be sustained?
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14-Jun-2004
China and South Africa are to intensify their co-operation with the OECD by becoming Observers in its Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA), building on a dialogue with OECD countries on tax matters dating back to the early 1990s and covering key structural reforms in tax policy and administration.
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08-Jun-2004
Participants at a meeting of the OECD Global Forum on Taxation in Berlin on 3-4 June, which brought together representatives of both OECD countries and non-OECD economies, agreed on a process aimed at achieving high standards of transparency and information exchange in a way that is fair and equitable and permits fair tax competition between all countries.
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12-Jan-2004
The OECD invited public comment on a draft of the revision of its Principles of Corporate Governance that were adopted by OECD governments in 1999. This follows a request from OECD governments for reinforcement of the Principles in response to recent corporate scandals.
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