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22-Nov-2011
Trade is essential to global economic recovery and protectionism would be harmful, says Professor Jagdish Bhagwati of Columbia University in this interview with OECD. He also challenges the fear that trade 'takes' jobs from developed countries, pointing out that firms from developing countries are now creating jobs in richer economies.
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07-Nov-2011
OECD analyses how the increasing number of regional and bilateral trade agreements deal with environmental issues. This document sets out a framework for evaluating the implementation of environmental provisions in regional trade agreements. Among the issues addressed are institutional arrangements, co-operation, capacity building, public participation, resolution of differences and assessment.
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12-Oct-2011
Exchange rate levels affect trade flows, according to a new OECD study of trade in agriculture and the manufacturing and mining sector in China, the Euro area and the United States. However, they do not explain in their entirety the trade imbalances in these three economies. Meanwhile, exchange rate volatility has only a slight impact on trade flows, the paper finds.
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04-Oct-2011
Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels. Removing inefficient subsidies would raise national revenues and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to OECD and IEA analyses.
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12-Sep-2011
Advance rulings, formalities and procedures, information availability and inter-agency cooperation are the policy areas with the greatest impact on trade volumes and trade costs, according to OECD trade facilitation indicators studied in this report.
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29-Aug-2011
Removing fossil fuel subsidies in non-OECD countries would increase global trade volumes by 0.1% by 2020, according to this report on the impact on international trade of phasing out fossil fuel consumption subsidies provided mainly by developing and emerging economies.
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11-Aug-2011
Specialisation or division of labour is an important source of economic growth, but the degree of division of labour is constrained by the extent of the market. Trade in tasks represents the latest turn in a virtuous cycle of deepening specialisation, expansion of the market and productivity growth. This paper analyses the task content of goods and services and sheds light on structural changes that take place following trade liberalisation.
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08-Aug-2011
How is international trade affected by climate change mitigation measures relating to production and processes? This paper looks at measures relating to non-product-related processes and production methods (PPMs), particularly those linked to the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions of the resulting products. The paper gives an overview of measures taken in the United States, the European Union, Canada and other countries.
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01-Jul-2011
Trade liberalisation in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, a major contributor to innovation and productivity growth, can help foster competition and reduce prices for consumers, according to this study.
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27-May-2011
The deployment of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies depends on international trade in services such as business, telecommunications and construction and related engineering. This is typically seen through cross-border Internet trade, commercial presence for services in the construction and operation of production facilities, and training or temporary movement of personnel.
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