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08-Dec-2011
The OECD Members 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 results for 2010 and previous years, which are expressed in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
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16-Dec-2010
This report examines services schedules of commitments in 56 regional trade agreements (RTAs) where an OECD country is a party. The preferential content of RTAs is assessed through an analysis of market access and national treatment commitments at the level of the 155 sub-sectors of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Sectoral Classification List. Partial commitments are broken down according to nine categories of non-conforming measures.
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19-Nov-2010
Export restrictions on raw materials can have a negative impact on allocation of resources, international trade and the competitiveness and development of industries in both importing and exporting countries. This collection of papers looks at the economic effects of these restrictions, including case studies of specific materials and countries.
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06-Oct-2010
Agricultural commodity prices surged in 2006-08 in Argentina, Brazil, China, Chile, India, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa, Ukraine and Vietnam. Government policy responses to these price surges, such as market interventions, were not always successful in minimising the impact on consumers and producers, this report finds.
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30-Sep-2010
The chemicals sector has a long history of innovation and is a large trading item. This paper analyses and compares different trade and innovation linkages in basic industrial chemicals, specialty and fine chemicals and consumer chemicals.
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30-Sep-2010
Aquaculture now provides more than 50% of the global supply of fisheries products for direct human consumption. The economic, environmental and social implications of this were discussed by policy makers and experts at this April 2010 conference.
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16-Sep-2010
Reforms by developing countries that strengthen rights in copyright, trademark and patent protection have delivered positive economic results, according to a new OECD paper on intellectual property rights (IPRs). The most beneficial reforms have been related to inputs for innovative and productive processes and to the ability to conduct business.
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16-Sep-2010
Momentum for intellectual property (IP) reform in China is related to economic potential there, involving privatization policies, trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) policies, and the government's role in innovation strategy, finds this study of IP issues facing firms operating in China.
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07-Sep-2010
Open markets will be necessary for a sustained economic recovery, and so governments should continue to resist protectionist pressures, a new OECD report recommends.
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01-Sep-2010
Our changing lifestyles and habits have influenced the fishing industry, as have globalisation and the way we manage our natural resources. Learn about the history and development of fishing, plus the issues facing the industry today, in this basic guide in the OECD Insights series.
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