OECD Global Forum on Trade
OECD Global Forum on Trade 2023
Making Digital Trade Work For All
Paris, France | 3 October 2023
The aim of this Global Forum on Trade is to promote an evidence-based multistakeholder dialogue on how we can collectively make digital trade work for all.
The digital transformation is changing how and what we trade. This gives rise to new opportunities for firms of all sizes to internationalise; for individuals, including women entrepreneurs, to be more actively involved in trade transactions; and for countries at all levels of development to participate and benefit from trade. However, the benefits of digitalisation for trade are not automatic. The digital transformation also raises new challenges, such as growing digital fragmentation, rising competitive pressures and concentration of economic activities, supply chain disruptions, and challenges in ensuring greater inclusiveness for all people.
OECD Global Forums on Trade
The OECD Global Forums on Trade bring together trade policy makers, academics, industry representatives and other experts from OECD and non-OECD countries to exchange views on current trade policy issues. It is often with a focus on issues of importance in trade relations between developed and developing countries and on the role of the international community in supporting developing countries with their integration efforts.
The Global Forum on Trade conference series is organised under the auspices of the OECD’s Trade Committee in support of its objective to “improve understanding of the benefits and costs of further trade liberalisation, so as to increase support for an open, rules-based multilateral trading system".
Previous Global Forums on Trade
All documents and presentations from previous Global Forums on Trade are available for download below.
- 2021 - Stress testing global supply chains: objectives, roles and approaches
- 2019 - Levelling the Playing Field: Measuring and addressing trade-distorting government support
- 2018 - Trade in the Digital Era
- 2017 - Trade Communications Conference
- 2016 - International trade and investment How to keep pace with new business models and the emerging digital economy
- 2015 - The Future of Trade – Will Policy Lead or Follow
- 2014 - Trade in Services - Realising their Potential for Growth & Jobs
- 2014 - Reconciling Regionalism and Multilateralism in a Post-Bali World
- 2012 - Trade and Trade Policy in Services
- 2011 - Trade, Jobs and Inclusive Growth
- 2010 - Globalisation, Comparative Advantage and Trade Policy
- 2009 - Trade and Climate Change
- 2008 - Globalisation and Emerging Economies
- 2007 - Trade, Innovation and Growth
- 2006 - Trade Policy Dialogue on the Multiple Dimensions of Market Access & Development
- 2005 - Negotiating on Trade Facilitation Implications for Developing Countries
- 2004 - Trade and Structural Adjustment
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