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OECD, WTO and UNCTAD call on G20 for stronger commitment to more open trade and investment

14-Sep-2009

The OECD, World Trade Organisation and the UN’s Conference of Trade and Development have called on the leaders of the G20 countries to make a stronger commitment to open trade and investment as the global economy begins its recovery from the crisis.

The trade and trade policy implications of different policy responses to societal concerns

24-Aug-2009

Societal concerns as they pertain to farming activities play an important role today in the development of national policies. How such concerns are perceived varies from one society to another as do the policy responses (economic instruments and regulations) that governments put in place.

Export Credits and the Financial Crisis

06-Aug-2009

The Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits have updated their responses  [TAD/PG(2009)17/FINAL], as at 30 June 2009, to questions concerning the measures taken at a national level in response to the global financial crisis.

Environment and Regional Trade Agreements: Developments in 2008

03-Aug-2009

A second update on developments in the field of regional trade agreements and environment covering the period late 2007 to December 2008, and a complement to the 2007 publication “Environment and Regional Trade Agreements”.

Facilitating trade in selected climate change mitigation technologies in the energy supply, buildings, and industry sectors

03-Aug-2009

It is in every country's interest that the deployment of carbon-change-mitigation technologies (CCMTs) be accomplished at the lowest possible cost to society and that their diffusion be rapid.

Update on Environment and Regional Trade Agreements:Developments in 2007

03-Aug-2009

This paper provides an update on developments in the field of regional trade agreements and environment in late 2006 and 2007. It is based on publicly available information and includes an overview of provisions on environment in trade agreements signed since end 2006.

Aid for Trade is building stronger economies

02-Jul-2009

All countries need to trade, with their neighbours and  globally, to sustain  long-term economic growth. Some low-income countries lack the instutitions, infrastructure and supply-side capacity to benefit from open markets and lift their people out of poverty.

Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Nuclear Power Plants

25-Jun-2009

Following the 108th Participants Meeting, the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits have agreed to some modifications to the rules of the Arrangement.

Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Renewable Energies and Water Projects

25-Jun-2009

Following the 108th Participants Meeting, the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits have agreed to some modifications to the rules of the Arrangement.

OECD countries boost official support for renewable and nuclear energy exports

24-Jun-2009

OECD countries have agreed to boost official backing for exports of renewable energy and nuclear power equipment by offering more generous terms on government-backed credits in support of export deals.




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