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Trade and Structural Adjustment

26-Apr-2005

The aim of the study, presented at the Ministerial Council Meeting, is to identify, for both developed and developing countries, the requirements for successful trade-related structural adjustment by reallocating labour and capital to more efficient uses, while limiting adjustment costs for individuals, communities and society as a whole. Eight sectors have been chosen for particular attention: agriculture, fisheries, textiles and clothing, steel, shipbuilding, motor vehicles, health services and international sourcing of IT and business process services.

Preferential Trading Arrangements in Agricultural and Food Markets: The Case of the European Union and the United States

06-Apr-2005

Preference erosion has become an important issue in the current WTO trade negotiations as developing countries are concerned that multilateral tariff reductions will harm their agricultural sectors. The findings in this report suggest that although this may indeed be a problem for some countries in some sectors, factors other than preferential schemes may be limiting developing country exports.

An analysis of dairy policy reform and trade liberalisation

16-Feb-2005

In the context of OECD work on policy reform for commodities that receive very high support and protection, assessments are provided of the market, trade and welfare impacts of milk quota systems and of international dairy trade liberalisation.

Environment: Survey on Members' Procedures and Practices

21-Jun-2004

Information reported by Members of the OECD'S Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees on their policies and practices towards the environment when providing officially supported export credits as of 18 June 2004.

Bribery and Export Credits

14-May-2004

This document contains the latest detailed responses (as of 21 January 2005) provided by Members of the OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees to the 2004 Survey on Measures Taken to Combat Bribery in Officially Supported Export Credits.




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