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Monthly Update of Commercial Interest Reference Rates (CIRR)

06-May-2008

The Commercial Interest Reference Rates valid from 15 May to 14 Juin 2008 have been published (Ctl-F5 to obtain the latest rates).

Monthly Update of Commercial Interest Reference Rates for Civil Aircraft (ASU CIRR)

06-May-2008

The Commercial Interest Reference Rates for Civil Aircraft valid from 15 May to 14 June 2008 have been published.

Business perceptions of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) facing trade in selected environmental goods and associated services Part I: Survey results

28-Apr-2008

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper 2007-02 Part I&II. This report documents the incidence, and impact of, non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services.

Seeds - Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008

The Draft Agenda and some related documents for the 2008 OECD Seed Schemes Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, USA, 1-2 July 2008, are currently available on the Seed Schemes site.

Tractors - Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008


The Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting for the OECD Tractor Codes (held in Paris, 26-27 February 2008) is now available on the Tractors site.

Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the OECD Forest Scheme

28-Apr-2008

The Annual Meeting will be held on 15-16 September 2008, Arcachon, France and will be followed by field trip organized by France on Tuesday afternoon 16 September and Wednesday morning 17 September 2008.

Country Risk Classification

18-Apr-2008

The Country Risk Classification and the Multilateral/Regional Financial Institutions Risk Classification as of 18 April 2008 are available.


Events

OECD ministers to discuss climate change, trade and global economy at annual meeting, Paris, 4-5 June 2008

from 04-Jun-2008 to 05-Jun-2008

The economic impact of climate change, rising food prices and a broad range of other trade, growth and development issues will be discussed at the OECD’s annual ministerial meeting in Paris on 4-5 June 2008. France, represented by Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, will chair the meeting, with Mexico and Switzerland as Vice-Chairs. 

Forum on the future of African agriculture: press conference in Rome, Monday 12 November 2007

from 12-Nov-2007 to 13-Nov-2007

How can African agriculture contribute more effectively to economic development and poverty reduction? Experts and government officials will be addressing such challenges at a meeting in Rome organised by the OECD, the World Bank, and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on 12-13 November 2007.

OECD Global Forum on Trade, Innovation and Growth

from 01-Aug-2007 to 15-Oct-2007

The OECD Global Forum on Trade, Innovation and Growth will take place in the OECD offices in La Défense, Paris on 15-16 October 2007...

Agri-Environmental Indicators Workshop

The main objective of the Workshop, held in Washington D.C., 19-21 March 2007, was to get a good idea as to which indicators and elements in the agri-environmental policy inventory are valued and used by policy makers, and to chart out a practical way forward to implement in a concrete way this work area in the OECD so that it is relevant to Member countries. 

Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation

from 16-Apr-2007 to 17-Apr-2007

The OECD Fisheries Policies Division and the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department have jointly hosted a Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation. The Workshop has taken place at the OECD in Paris.

Ask the economists: Made in China. Is the game changing?

on 17-Jan-2007

Will China remain open to foreign investment? What sort of investor will China be abroad? Click here to read the questions and answers from this online debate with OECD economist Ken Davies about investment and China.

2006 Action statement on bribery and officially supported export credits

The 2006 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits obliges Members to take appropriate measures to deter bribery before support is granted.

Talks on Latin American agricultural trade liberalisation aim to renew Doha Round impetus - Press conference in Buenos Aires 11 October 2006

on 11-Oct-2006

An attempt to bridge some of the divisions that led to the breakdown of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations earlier this year has been made in Buenos Aires on 10 and 11 October 2006, at an international conference on agriculture policies organised by the OECD, World Trade Organisation and Inter-American Development Bank  A press conference held at 12:30 on Wednesday 11 October at the venue of the meeting

Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice, Doha

from 06-Nov-2006 to 07-Nov-2006

The aim of this Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.

Trade policy dialogue on the multiple dimensions of market access and development, Mexico

from 23-Oct-2006 to 24-Oct-2006

The OECD Trade Directorate has organised a Global Forum on Trade in partnership with the World Bank, and with the support of the Government of Mexico. This Forum considered market access across various development dimensions including global (MFN) liberalisation, North-South trade and South-South trade, trade in services, and regional trade liberalisation (as a complement to multilateral liberalisation). Click here for the full report of the Forum.



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