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Economic Survey of the European Union 2009: Further opening the European market to the rest of the world

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21-Sep-2009

The EU has a significant interest in opposing rising protectionist sentiment and undertaking further trade liberalisation. There is considerable scope to improve the targeting of agricultural payments.

Creditor Reporting System (CRS) Profile for EC

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03-Jan-2008

A CRS profile details the information the OECD holds on the DAC members' Official Development Assistance commitments and briefly describes the CRS codes used to proxy aid-for-trade categories. The CRS codes record the sector of destination of an activity and not the nature of the activity per se

Comments on “Global Economy and Competitiveness”

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01-Feb-2007

Jean-Philippe Cotis

Presentation by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis at the SACE (Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero) Conference on “Global competition: challenges and opportunities for Italy” in Milan, Italy on 9th November 2006.

Facilitating adjustment: Sector experiences from agriculture, telecommunications and chemicals

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12-Oct-2006

Michael Engman, Osamu Onodera and Norbert Wilson

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 41.  How can governments facilitate structural adjustment?  This follow up to Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation discusses benefits of multilateral commitments, possible costs of domestic regulations, and sequencing issues.

The Transatlantic Relationship

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04-Nov-2005

Jean-Philippe Cotis

Presentation given by OECD Chief Economist Jean-Philippe Cotis to the US State Department in Washington D.C. on 27 October 2005 on the transatlantic relationship (US and EU), mutual benefits, and costs of continued barriers.

Cutting barriers to competition, investment and trade in US and EU would boost GDP - OECD study

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07-Jun-2005

Boosting market liberalisation by reducing trade, investment and competition barriers to "best practice" levels could significantly raise GDP per head in the European Union and the United States, according to a new OECD working paper.

The benefits of liberalising product markets and reducing barriers to international trade and investment: the case of the United States and the European Union

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07-Jun-2005

Boosting market liberalisation by reducing trade, investment and competition barriers to "best practice" levels could significantly raise GDP per head in the European Union and the United States, according to OECD Economics Department Working Paper 432.

Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level, 2005: Enabling Globalisation

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02-May-2005

This year’s OECD Ministerial Council Meeting will be held at OECD Headquarters on 3-4 May 2005 under the chairmanship of Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, with the overarching theme of “Enabling ...