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Monthly Update of Commercial Interest Reference Rates (CIRR)

06-Oct-2008

The Commercial Interest Reference Rates valid from 15 October to 14 November 2008 have been published (Ctrl-F5 to obtain the latest rates).

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

06-Oct-2008

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

Improving the business and investment climate in Indonesia

23-Sep-2008

Indonesia’s business environment is discouraging entrepreneurship and holding back private sector growth and development. Weaknesses in the regulatory framework, infrastructure bottlenecks and poor governance continue to weigh down on investment. Policies have been put in place to address these problems, but much remains to be done.

Latest News

19-Sep-2008

The Commercial Interest Reference Rates are available:  CIRR  and ASU CIRR

The latest Arrangement  is available :  Arrangement as well as new decisions and interpretations which have come into force but are not yet integrated i the completed Arrangement:  TAD/PG(2008)1

List of Low-Income Countries Subject to IMF/World Bank Concessionality Requirements

12-Sep-2008

This is the current list of countries that are currently subject to concessionality requirements from the IMF and/or IDA.

For those IDA-only countries without concessionality requirements to the IMF and to IDA,the provision of official export credits should take into account the results of the most recent IMF/World Bank country-specific debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) conducted within the joint Debt Sustainability Framework.

Doha trade negotiations: Let’s Go the Last Mile, says OECD’s Gurría

02-Sep-2008

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has called on the participants in negotiations for a new multilateral trade agreement to “go the last mile” and bring the World Trade Organization’s Doha round to a successful conclusion.


Events

First meeting of the Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics (WPTGS), Paris, 22-24 September 2008

from 22-Sep-2008 to 24-Sep-2008

The first meeting of the Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics (WPTGS) will be held in Paris on 22-24 September 2008 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris.

OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation: Challenges and Opportunities for Eastern and Southern Africa

from 11-Jun-2008 to 12-Jun-2008

The 2008 OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation was organised by the OECD Secretariat and the South Africa Revenue Service, with the financial support of the European Union. It spurred constructive dialogue between key stakeholders involved in trade facilitation in Eastern and Southern Africa (e.g., trade negotiators, customs officials, private sector representatives and donors), to advance the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation.

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.

OECD Work on G8 Priorities for 2006 Summit

from 15-Jul-2006 to 17-Jul-2006

This year's G8 Summit took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The top priorities laid down by President Vladimir Putin were global energy security, education and fighting infectious diseases. Go here for OECD work on these and other issues discussed at the 2006 Summit.

Fifth Informal Consultation between the Trade Comittee and Civil Society Organisations

on 20-Oct-2003

The fifth informal consultation with civil society organisations took place on 20 October 2003.



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