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Export processing zones: Past and future role in trade and development

04-Jun-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 53.  This paper on Export processing zones provides an overview on the current trends surrounding EPZs, a review of the economic costs and benefits of EPZs and an analysis from the rules perspective that focuses on the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.

Informal Consultations between the Trade Committee and Non Governmental Organisations

01-Jun-2007

Summaries of the seven Informal Consultations between the OECD Trade Committee and Non Governmental Organisations.

 

Expanding international supply chains: The role of emerging economies in providing IT and business process services

29-May-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 52.  Services offshoring remains an elusive phenomenon. This paper takes a closer look at the increasing role of China, India, the Philippines and the Czech Republic in supplying business process services and IT services to OECD markets.

2006 Survey on measures taken to combat bribery in Officially Supported Export Credits

16-May-2007

The 2006 Survey on Measures Taken to Combat Bribery in Officially Supported Export Credits was revised, inter alia, to reflect the undertakings contained in the 2006 OECD Recommendation on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits.

OECD Trade Policy Working Papers

14-May-2007

Full series of OECD Policy Working Papers on Trade Policy.

Review of export credit rules for civil aircraft

04-May-2007

The Parties to the review of the Sector Understanding on export credits for civil aircraft met in Paris last week at the OECD to progress their negotiations for a revision of the current rules which are annexed to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits.

Linkages between foreign direct investment, trade and trade policy - An economic analysis with application to the food sector in OECD countries and case studies in Ghana, Mozambique, Tunisia and Uganda

24-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 50.  Through empirical analysis and case studies, this document explores the relationships amongst foreign direct investment, trade and trade-related policies in OECD and four African countries.

Modal estimates of services barriers

20-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 51.  This paper presents improved approaches to measurement of services barriers by using alternative weighting methods and improved econometric specifications.

Services trade and domestic regulation

18-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 49.  This paper argues that regulatory measures affect the fixed cost of entering a market as well as the variable costs of servicing that market.

Issues of dual use and reviewing product coverage of environmental goods

13-Apr-2007

OECD Trade and Environment Working Paper No. 2007-01.  This paper addresses two of the key challenges in the on-going negotiations on environmental goods:  dual and multiple use of environmental goods; and a review process of product coverage.




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