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The key objective of OECD work on trade is to support a strong, rules-based multilateral trading system that will maintain the momentum for further trade liberalisation, while contributing to rising standards of living and sustainable development. The OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate also analyses food, agriculture and fisheries issues. Read more ...

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2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade - Rapporteur's Report

18-Nov-2008

The 2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade brought together trade policy makers from OECD countries and a number of emerging economies to discuss global trade policy challenges. The Forum examined two important issues in particular: the impact of emerging economies on recent international market developments and the political economy of trade.

IMF/OECD/World Bank Workshop on Food and Fuel Prices

07-Nov-2008

The International Monetary Fund hosted a joint IMF/OECD/World Bank workshop in September to discuss issues related to the mid-2008 surge in food and fuel prices. This is the workshop summary.

Technical Barriers to Trade: Evaluating the Trade Effects of Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

13-Oct-2008

This study explains expected trade-facilitating benefits and other characteristics of the use of Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDOC) as a conformity assessment procedure and assesses the trade effect of the EU’s adoption of SDOC in three product sectors.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) spillovers and their interrelationships with trade

08-Oct-2008

This paper uses firm-level data to identify FDI spillovers across countries and sectors. A positive interaction is found between trade liberalisation and productivity spillovers.

A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector

02-Oct-2008

Successive rounds of global trade liberalisation have substantially reduced tariff barriers to trade, but non-tariff measures (NTMs) have become increasingly prevalent. This paper investigates different methods used to measure the impact of one type of NTM on trade in the agri-food sector.

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