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No. 266 | 17 Jan 2023 |
Post-COVID-19 trade scenarios and priorities for Latin America
International trade and in particular global value chains have provided many economies with new opportunities to participate in international trade and access new technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore specific vulnerabilities in... |
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No. 264 | 20 Oct 2022 |
Shedding light on the drivers of services tradability over two decades
Services have become significantly more tradable in the first two decades of the 21st century. This paper documents that trade costs for financial services, communication services and business services fell by between 30% and 60% between 2000 and... |
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No. 263 | 05 Jul 2022 |
Trade facilitation reforms worldwide
Trade facilitation measures are key in offsetting some of the time and cost increases experienced by firms and consumers against a backdrop of continued supply chain disruptions. Through the lens of the updated OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators... |
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No. 262 | 13 Jun 2022 |
A Preliminary Mapping of Data Localisation Measures
This paper maps the evolving data localisation landscape. It shows that the number of data localisation measures is on the rise and that the measures themselves are becoming more restrictive. The paper highlights the need to better understand and... |
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No. 261 | 06 May 2022 |
Understanding structural effects of COVID-19 on the global economy
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses are likely to alter the global economy in a way that affects its ability to adjust to future shocks and changes. This paper develops a point of reference for thinking about developments which... |
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No. 260 | 22 Apr 2022 |
Artificial Intelligence and international trade
Artificial intelligence (AI) has strong potential to spur innovation, help firms create new value from data, and reduce trade costs. Growing interest in the economic and societal impacts of AI has also prompted interest in the trade implications of... |
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No. 259 | 23 Feb 2022 |
Modelling trade policy scenarios
COVID-19 has drawn renewed attention to the economic importance of cross border mobility. Frictions in cross border mobility of labour can substantially impact the economy and international trade, by causing a long-term decrease in net migration that... |
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No. 258 | 01 Dec 2021 |
Measuring competition in services markets with pass-through and speed of adjustment
Making trade work for all and harnessing popular support for openness to trade depends on consumers benefitting from lower prices and broader product variety. The present study reveals that those benefits depend on competition in services markets, in... |
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No. 257 | 22 Nov 2021 |
Services trade in the United Kingdom and the global economy
Services play a more important role in trade and employment in the United Kingdom than in most other OECD countries. The UK services sector is supported by an open and transparent trade regime, policies that support competition and innovation, and... |
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No. 256 | 04 Nov 2021 |
3D printing and International Trade
3D printing technologies have attracted the attention of the trade policy community for their potential to disrupt international trade. It is argued that greater cross-border exchange in design files for local printing may lead to less trade in... |
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No. 255 | 03 Nov 2021 |
Sustainability impact assessments of free trade agreements
Trade negotiations are frequently accompanied by sustainability impact assessment (SIA) to evaluate the potential economic, environmental, social and human rights effects of a possible agreement. SIAs can help promote environmental protection, and... |
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No. 254 | 14 Oct 2021 |
Trade facilitation in perishable agro-food products
Border processes for perishable agro-food products involve multiple agencies and raise complex compliance and enforcement issues. At the same time, the speed of border processes is of particular importance for exporters as delays at the border can... |
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No. 253 | 23 Sept 2021 |
Nowcasting aggregate services trade
The increasing importance of services trade in the global economy contrasts with the lack of timely data to monitor recent developments. The nowcasting models developed in this paper are aimed at providing insights into current changes in total... |
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No. 252 | 20 Sept 2021 |
The impact of COVID-19 on directions and structure of international trade
2020 marked some of the largest reductions in trade and output volumes since WWII. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and using the latest monthly and quarterly data on international trade of selected countries and products, this paper documents key... |
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No. 251 | 08 Jun 2021 |
Digital trade inventory
Rules affecting digital trade are complex and spread across a diverse set of issues and fora. This paper provides an inventory of existing rules, standards, and principles related to issues that are being discussed in the context of the Joint... |
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No. 250 | 03 Jun 2021 |
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI)
The number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increased markedly over the last decade, with many addressing market openness and rule-making for services trade. Recent RTAs are breaking down existing barriers: on average, removing between 10%... |
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No. 249 | 25 May 2021 |
Trade in the time of parcels
Today, more parcels are crossing international borders than ever before. While this has given rise to new opportunities, not least for individuals and SMEs who are now more directly engaged in trade, it is also raising new challenges. This paper... |
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No. 248 | 18 May 2021 |
Mapping commonalities in regulatory approaches to cross-border data transfers
Data flows across border underpin today’s digitalised and globally interconnected world, but have also given rise to a range of concerns, including about privacy protection, intellectual property protection, regulatory reach, competition, and... |
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No. 247 | 12 May 2021 |
Measuring distortions in international markets: Below-market finance
The support that governments provide to their industrial producers has been a growing source of concern. Much of that support is provided by governments through the financial system, either in the form of below‑market borrowings or below-market... |
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No. 246 | 26 Mar 2021 |
Trade and gender
Closing gender gaps makes good economic sense. Advancing the aim of women’s economic empowerment will require policy action across a wide range of areas, including increasing their participation in international trade. Although trade policies are not... |
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Post-COVID-19 trade scenarios and priorities for Latin America
Jens Arnold, Christine Arriola, Przemyslaw Kowalski, Cyrille Schwellnus and Colin Webb
17 Jan 2023
International trade and in particular global value chains have provided many economies with new opportunities to participate in international trade and access new technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore specific vulnerabilities in...
Shedding light on the drivers of services tradability over two decades
Sebastian Benz, Alexander Jaax and Yoto V. Yotov
20 Oct 2022
Services have become significantly more tradable in the first two decades of the 21st century. This paper documents that trade costs for financial services, communication services and business services fell by between 30% and 60% between 2000 and...
Trade facilitation reforms worldwide
Silvia Sorescu and Carolin Bollig
05 Jul 2022
Trade facilitation measures are key in offsetting some of the time and cost increases experienced by firms and consumers against a backdrop of continued supply chain disruptions. Through the lens of the updated OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators...
A Preliminary Mapping of Data Localisation Measures
Javier López González, Francesca Casalini and Juan Porras
13 Jun 2022
This paper maps the evolving data localisation landscape. It shows that the number of data localisation measures is on the rise and that the measures themselves are becoming more restrictive. The paper highlights the need to better understand and...
Understanding structural effects of COVID-19 on the global economy
Christine Arriola, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Frank van Tongeren
06 May 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated policy responses are likely to alter the global economy in a way that affects its ability to adjust to future shocks and changes. This paper develops a point of reference for thinking about developments which...
Artificial Intelligence and international trade
Janos Ferencz, Javier López González and Irene Oliván García
22 Apr 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) has strong potential to spur innovation, help firms create new value from data, and reduce trade costs. Growing interest in the economic and societal impacts of AI has also prompted interest in the trade implications of...
Modelling trade policy scenarios
Donal Smith, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Frank van Tongeren
23 Feb 2022
COVID-19 has drawn renewed attention to the economic importance of cross border mobility. Frictions in cross border mobility of labour can substantially impact the economy and international trade, by causing a long-term decrease in net migration that...
Measuring competition in services markets with pass-through and speed of adjustment
Frédéric Gonzales, Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås and Michel Lioussis
01 Dec 2021
Making trade work for all and harnessing popular support for openness to trade depends on consumers benefitting from lower prices and broader product variety. The present study reveals that those benefits depend on competition in services markets, in...
Services trade in the United Kingdom and the global economy
Annabelle Mourougane, Sebastian Benz and Frédéric Gonzales
22 Nov 2021
Services play a more important role in trade and employment in the United Kingdom than in most other OECD countries. The UK services sector is supported by an open and transparent trade regime, policies that support competition and innovation, and...
3D printing and International Trade
Andrea Andrenelli and Javier López González
04 Nov 2021
3D printing technologies have attracted the attention of the trade policy community for their potential to disrupt international trade. It is argued that greater cross-border exchange in design files for local printing may lead to less trade in...
Sustainability impact assessments of free trade agreements
Evdokia Moïsé and Stela Rubínová
03 Nov 2021
Trade negotiations are frequently accompanied by sustainability impact assessment (SIA) to evaluate the potential economic, environmental, social and human rights effects of a possible agreement. SIAs can help promote environmental protection, and...
Trade facilitation in perishable agro-food products
Evdokia Moïsé and Silvia Sorescu
14 Oct 2021
Border processes for perishable agro-food products involve multiple agencies and raise complex compliance and enforcement issues. At the same time, the speed of border processes is of particular importance for exporters as delays at the border can...
Nowcasting aggregate services trade
Alexander Jaax, Frédéric Gonzales and Annabelle Mourougane
23 Sept 2021
The increasing importance of services trade in the global economy contrasts with the lack of timely data to monitor recent developments. The nowcasting models developed in this paper are aimed at providing insights into current changes in total...
The impact of COVID-19 on directions and structure of international trade
Christine Arriola, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Frank van Tongeren
20 Sept 2021
2020 marked some of the largest reductions in trade and output volumes since WWII. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic and using the latest monthly and quarterly data on international trade of selected countries and products, this paper documents key...
Digital trade inventory
Taku Nemoto and Javier López González
08 Jun 2021
Rules affecting digital trade are complex and spread across a diverse set of issues and fora. This paper provides an inventory of existing rules, standards, and principles related to issues that are being discussed in the context of the Joint...
Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI)
Sebastian Benz and Inese Rozensteine
03 Jun 2021
The number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increased markedly over the last decade, with many addressing market openness and rule-making for services trade. Recent RTAs are breaking down existing barriers: on average, removing between 10%...
Trade in the time of parcels
Javier López González and Silvia Sorescu
25 May 2021
Today, more parcels are crossing international borders than ever before. While this has given rise to new opportunities, not least for individuals and SMEs who are now more directly engaged in trade, it is also raising new challenges. This paper...
Mapping commonalities in regulatory approaches to cross-border data transfers
Francesca Casalini, Javier López González and Taku Nemoto
18 May 2021
Data flows across border underpin today’s digitalised and globally interconnected world, but have also given rise to a range of concerns, including about privacy protection, intellectual property protection, regulatory reach, competition, and...
Measuring distortions in international markets: Below-market finance
OECD
12 May 2021
The support that governments provide to their industrial producers has been a growing source of concern. Much of that support is provided by governments through the financial system, either in the form of below‑market borrowings or below-market...
Trade and gender
Jane Korinek, Evdokia Moïsé and Jakob Tange
26 Mar 2021
Closing gender gaps makes good economic sense. Advancing the aim of women’s economic empowerment will require policy action across a wide range of areas, including increasing their participation in international trade. Although trade policies are not...