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Regional trade agreements and environment

11-Apr-2007

This report provides an overview of approaches to environmental issues in regional trade agreements and summarises countries' experience in the negotiation and implementation of relevant provisions.

Regulatory reform and market openness: Processes to assess effectively the trade and investment impact of regulation

20-Mar-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 48.  This study seeks to identify regulatory processes, tools and policies adopted by OECD countries in order to assess the effects of domestic regulation on trade and investment and to ensure that the regulatory environment is supportive of an open market and improves trade and investment opportunities.

Farm support low in major emerging markets but protectionist pressure rising - OECD report

15-Mar-2007

Government support to agriculture is far lower in the major emerging economies than on average in the developed countries of the OECD. But it is nevertheless rising as pressure mounts to protect farmers in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, says a new OECD report.

Inventory of policy measures addressing environmental issues in agriculture: database

08-Mar-2007

This online database contains information on Policy Measures in OECD countries addressing Environmental Issues in Agriculture. Up to now information on this public website covers only a limited range of OECD countries, and work is under progress to add more countries to this website during. For each country a contextual information document and a table summarising the agri-environmental expenditures is available in the database. For more information how to use this database please consult the Public Website Users Guide (link to the users guide document).

Examining the trade effect of certain customs and administrative procedures

30-Jan-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 42.  Recent research at OECD provides new evidence that customs and administrative procedures have substantial effects on trade flows.

Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path

30-May-2006

In demystifying the concept of market-like insruments, this study explains how to make better use of market-like insruments in fisheries management by identifying practical steps that can be taken to further their use.

OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation, 27-28 September 2006, Yaoundé (Cameroon)

19-Jan-2007

The OECD Development Co-operation and Trade Directorates, in collaboration with the Government of Cameroon, organised a Regional Forum on "Maximising the Developmental Benefits of Trade Facilitation". The Forum took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27-28 September 2006.

CSR and trade: Informing consumers about social and environmental conditions of globalised production (Part I and II)

12-Jan-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 47 (Part I and Part II).  This paper investigates communication strategies used to inform consumers about the social and environmental conditions under which products sold in OECD markets are produced.

Business services, trade and costs

05-Jan-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 46.  This paper analyses the role of business services in selected OECD and non-OECD economies with a comprehensive, quantitative cross-country analysis of how the manufacturing and business services sectors interact in the production process.

A new OECD Recommendation has been adopted by the OECD Council to deter bribery in officially supported export credits

20-Dec-2006

A new OECD Recommendation has been adopted by the OECD Council to deter bribery in officially supported export credits; the Recommendation builds on experience gained since the implementation of the 2000 Action Statement on anti-bribery measures agreed by the OECD Member countries of the Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees.




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