19-July-2019
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SMEs employ more than half of all workers in OECD countries, but often face disproportionate challenges when looking to do business overseas. Smart liberalisation of services trade could help SMEs expand into new markets, making trade work better for firms of all sizes.
3-July-2019
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Using development aid to build trade capacity in poor countries is helping to improve economic diversification and to economically empower marginalised groups, yet progress remains geographically uneven, according to the latest OECD-WTO report on Aid for Trade.
4-June-2019
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The “Hitchhiker’s Guide to Cross-Border Data Flows” is an indispensable companion to all those who are keen to make sense of trade in an infinitely complex and confusing digital era.
15-April-2019
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Government support remains a significant source of distortions in global markets, which can undermine the benefits of open trade and erode public trust in the international trading system.
18-March-2019
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Trade in counterfeit and pirated goods has risen steadily in the last few years – even as overall trade volumes stagnated – and now stands at 3.3% of global trade, according to a new report by the OECD and the EU’s Intellectual Property Office.
14-March-2019
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Parcels trade is growing fast, supporting business growth and giving more options to consumers. How can policies sustain these benefits, while minimising risks of fraud and illegality ?
13-March-2019
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With the adoption of the revised Recommendation of the Council on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits in 2019, ECG Members and other non-Members that have adhered to the Recommendation are demonstrating their continued commitment to take appropriate measures to deter bribery in the export transactions that they support.
28-February-2019
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The global trade regulatory framework has been slow to catch up to technological developments, and emerging trade barriers risk curtailing some of the benefits of digitalisation.
1-October-2018
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OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has welcomed the announcement of a new, modernised United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
20-June-2018
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Global trade in fake Italian goods such as luxury handbags, watches, foodstuffs and car parts is taking a bite out of Italy’s economy equivalent to around 1-2% of GDP in terms of lost sales, according to a new OECD report.