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<title><![CDATA[TTIP: Why does it matter?]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the European Union, if successfully concluded, would be the most significant bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to date, covering approximately 50% of global output, almost 30% of world merchandise trade (including intra-EU trade, but excluding services trade) and 20% of global foreign direct investment.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Costs and Challenges of Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The costs of putting in place and maintaining trade facilitation measures are not particularly large and are far smaller than the benefits gained from implementing these measures, according to this study. Moreover, an increasing amount of technical and financial assistance to implement these measures has been made available to developing countries over the last decade.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade facilitation agreement would add billions to global economy, says OECD 
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<description><![CDATA[Multilateral agreement to cut red tape in international trade would dramatically reduce trading costs and add a substantial boost to the global economy, according to new OECD research.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD trade briefing on 3 May 2013 in Geneva]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Inefficient, outdated and complex trade procedures and formalities prevent businesses from taking full advantage of open global markets. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Potential Impact of Trade Facilitation on Developing Countries' Trade ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing on OECD trade facilitation indicators, this paper finds that the combined effect of comprehensive trade facilitation reform would reach almost 14.5% reduction of total trade costs for low income countries, 15.5% for lower middle income countries and 13.2% for upper middle income countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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