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Annual Update of Differentiated Discount Rates (DDR)

07-Jan-2009

2009 Differentiated Discount Rates valid from 15 January 2009 to 14 January 2010

Enhancing Market Openness Through Regulatory Reform in the People's Republic of China

19-Dec-2008

This study analyses the People’s Republic of China’s trade policy environment with a focus on trade-related regulations and their role in supporting China’s market openness. The report proposes a series of policy recommendations to make China’s regulatory framework more market-oriented and trade-and-investment friendly.

Aircraft Sector Understanding : Cape Town Convention (CTC) Contracting Parties Qualifying for a CTC Discount

09-Dec-2008

Appendix III to the Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) provides for a discount from the minimum premium rate in the case a state fulfills the conditions set out in Article 22 of that Appendix.

2007 cash flow results for officially supported export credits

05-Dec-2008

The OECD Member countries of the Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees submit their cash flow results for officially supported export credits to the OECD Secretariat on an annual basis. The following Tables I, II, III, IV and V represent the 2007 and previous years’ results which are expressed in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).

Peer Review Process

03-Dec-2008

Members of the OECD Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) have agreed the following enhanced peer review process to monitor their implementation of the two OECD Recommendations on anti-bribery measures and on the environment.

OECD countries affirm commitments to aid, open trade and investment markets

26-Nov-2008

OECD countries have reaffirmed their commitments on aid to developing countries and undertaken to abstain from trade protectionism, as part of a concerted drive to shore up the world economy and combat recession.

Agreement on Untied Official Development Assistance [ODA] Credits Transparency

24-Nov-2008

OECD Countries agreed on the week of the 19 November 2008, to extend for a further two years until end 2010 their agreement to open bidding for projects financed by untied aid credits. 

OECD supports European Commission food-facility plan for developing-country farmers

19-Nov-2008

On 21 November 2008, the European Parliament will discuss the budgetary aspects of a European Commission proposal to fund a €1 billion Food Facility to assist farmers in developing countries. In a statement, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría affirmed OECD’s support for the Commission proposal. 

2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade - Rapporteur's Report

18-Nov-2008

The 2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade brought together trade policy makers from OECD countries and a number of emerging economies to discuss global trade policy challenges. The Forum examined two important issues in particular: the impact of emerging economies on recent international market developments and the political economy of trade.

How do trade and investment flows and policies affect innovation performance?

04-Nov-2008

There is today a great interest in understanding how governments can promote innovation and the benefits it brings, as evidenced by the discussions at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in 2007. To gain a better understanding of how trade and investment patterns and policies affect innovation performance, and interact with other key policies influencing innovation capacity, the Trade Committee has undertaken a Trade and Innovation Project




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