Intra-Firm Trade: Patterns, Determinants and Policy Implications

Offshoring by OECD-based multinationals is mainly carried out in other OECD economies and often in high-cost countries, for high-value, knowledge-intensive activities. Developing economies must try to attract these types of activities and not be confined to low-value activities.

Slovenia - Enhancing Market Openness, Intellectual Property Rights and Compliance through Regulatory Reform

An analysis of Slovenia’s trade policy-related institutions and regulations and their influence on market openness, covering transparency, non-discrimination, trade restrictiveness, harmonisation towards international standards, conformity assessment procedures and intellectual property rights.

Reviews of Market Openness: Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia

As part of the OECD accession process, Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia participated in Reviews of Market Openness with the OECD Trade Committee. These country reviews examine to what extent domestic regulations directly or indirectly distort or facilitate international competition.

Estonia - Enhancing Market Openness, Intellectual Property Rights and Compliance through Regulatory Reform

An analysis of Estonia’s trade policy-related institutions and regulations and their influence on market openness, covering transparency, non-discrimination, trade restrictiveness, harmonisation towards international standards, conformity assessment procedures and intellectual property rights.

Israel - Enhancing Market Openness, Intellectual Property Rights and Compliance through Regulatory Reform

Over the last two decades, Israel has opened its economy to international trade and investment by lowering tariffs and improving the domestic regulatory environment for business. This review describes progress on regulatory reform in Israel, which suggests these overall trends will continue.

Chile - Enhancing Market Openness, Intellectual Property Rights and Compliance through Regulatory Reform

This review highlights Chile’s well developed regulatory framework for trade, including recent regulatory reforms considered here in light of market openness principles. It shows that transparency is well supported in Chile’s regulatory system.

A Green Growth Strategy for Food and Agriculture: Preliminary Report

Green growth is not only desirable and achievable, it is also essential if the food and nutrition requirements of future generations are to be met. This preliminary report outlines a broad strategy for green growth in the food and agriculture sector. It is part of the OECD’s Green Growth Strategy.

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