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Price and volume elasticities of Brazilian foreign trade: A profit function approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

To investigate the possible impact of terms of trade gains on the real economy, this paper estimates normalised quadratic input demand and output supply functions for the Brazilian economy during 1997-2008.

Current account sustainability in Brazil: A non linear approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Matteo Mogliani

To shed further light on this issue in the context of emerging market economies, this paper uses Brazilian data to estimate the determinants of the current account in a smooth transition vector autoregressive (ST VAR) setting.

 

Crisis is an opportunity to revive trade reforms, says OECD report

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19-Mar-2009

Resisting protectionism and reviving stalled trade reforms would help the major emerging economies build on the progress achieved over the past two decades and emerge from the crisis with their trade performance strengthened, says a new OECD report.

Globalisation and Emerging Economies

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19-Mar-2009

OECD countries still dominate the world economy, but their share of world trade dropped and some of the world’s most important economies are not members of the OECD. Foremost among these are the so-called BRIICS: Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa.

Freer trade and well targeted support are keys to food security in emerging markets - OECD report

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17-Mar-2009

As the global economic slowdown threatens to increase food insecurity among the world’s poor, a new OECD report calls on the major emerging economies to ensure their agricultural policies are focussed on long-term sustainability rather than short-term fixes..

Brazil: Selected Trade Issues

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28-Apr-2008

Ralph Lattimore and Przemyslaw Kowalski

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 71. The objective of this paper is to introduce an initial broad set of Brazilian trade and trade related issues for discussion within the OECD enhanced engagement context.

CRS Profile for Brazil

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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

Aircraft Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft - Remarks made by Angel Gurría during the Signing Ceremony in Brazil

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30-Jul-2007

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General

The OECD Secretary-General hailed the accord as a breakthrough in international trade diplomacy in a highly competitive sector. He predicted that "the agreement will focus competition for sales of civil ...

Brazil joins OECD countries in landmark pact on civil aircraft export credits

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30-Jul-2007

The world’s major civil aircraft exporting countries, including OECD countries and Brazil, announced a landmark agreement limiting government support for export deals

Farm support low in major emerging markets but protectionist pressure rising - OECD report

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15-Mar-2007

Government support to agriculture is far lower in the major emerging economies than on average in the developed countries of the OECD. But it is nevertheless rising as pressure mounts to protect farmers in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, says a new OECD report.