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Trade liberalisation benefits countries, firms and consumers. The OECD analyses the impact that further trade openness can have on different economic sectors and regions, as well as on overall economic growth. More...

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The Export Performance of Countries within Global Value Chains (GVCs)

16-Apr-2012

The growing importance of GVCs in the international organisation of production increasingly challenges the traditional way of measuring countries’ export performance and hence international competitiveness. This working paper discusses the export performance of countries along the value chain by distinguishing upstream activities (i.e. the production of intermediate inputs) and more downstream activities (e.g. the final assembly of products).