Services Trade

The services industry is a major provider of employment and income, and in many economies is the single largest sector. International trade in services lowers costs, increases productivity and drives the exchange of ideas, know-how and technology. 

OECD analytical work on trade in services reinforces support for further opening of services markets and for better integration into the multilateral trading system. More...

Key projects:
>> Experts Meetings on Trade in Services

>> Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI)

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Services Trade Restrictiveness Index: Online expert questionnaire

23-Apr-2012

To help develop accurate indices for the OECD STRI project, we invite experts from computer services, construction services, professional services (law, accounting, architecture and engineering), telecommunications and distribution services to complete our short online questionnaire. The deadline for submissions is 4 May 2012.

Statistics: OECD and WTO to start measuring trade in value-added as production chains globalise

15-Mar-2012

Companies are increasingly producing goods and services through supply chains spanning different countries.

Meeting Highlights from the OECD Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation, 7 December 2011

09-Mar-2012

The OECD Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation brought together experts to discuss how developments in the economics of regulation could inform the construction of the STRI in network industries and sectors involving two-sided platforms. This report provides the meeting highlights.

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