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No. 157 | 15 May 2013 |
The Costs and Challenges of Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures
This study provides data on the costs and challenges of implementing trade facilitation measures currently under negotiation in the WTO. It updates an earlier study undertaken in 2005, presenting data and insights from nine additional developing... |
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No. 21 | 12 Oct 2005 |
The Economic Impact of Trade Facilitation
This paper examines the economic impact of trade facilitation and in particular the link between trade facilitation and trade flows, government revenue and foreign direct investment. It is part of a series of studies that analyse various aspects of... |
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No. 75 | 06 Aug 2008 |
The Ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement and Innovation in Sri Lankan Textile and Clothing Industry
This paper is one of five case studies which is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of the ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) on innovation... |
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No. 237 | 06 Jul 2020 |
The Impact of COVID-19 international travel restrictions on services-trade costs
This report casts light on the impact of regulatory restrictions on the movement of people across international borders on services trade costs. Such restrictions were implemented on health and safety grounds following the COVID-19 outbreak in March... |
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No. 54 | 15 Jun 2007 |
The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries
This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition policies and how together they impact trade in developing countries. An index of pro-competitive reforms is provided for 82 countries... |
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No. 81 | 16 Oct 2008 |
The Impact of Services Trade Liberalisation on Trade in Non-Agricultural Products
This study finds that trade in services contributes to a broader services supplier base that supports competitiveness in high-technology and high-value added manufacturing. It is shown that with low, but still significant trade costs in services,... |
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No. 178 | 06 Feb 2015 |
The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Trade Flows
This paper uses newly released OECD data on services trade restrictions (STRI) to analyse the relationship between services trade restrictions, cross-border trade in services and trade in downstream manufactured goods. A standard gravity model is... |
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No. 107 | 31 Jan 2011 |
The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Jobs and Growth
This report shows how more open markets in goods and services can contribute to creating jobs and increase incomes. Reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers can help in the short run where the economic crisis has led to significant involuntary... |
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No. 60 | 22 Feb 2008 |
The Interaction amongst Trade, Investment and Competition Policies
The report focuses on the complementarities between trade, investment and competition policies and analyses how policy coherence can be promoted in these three important areas that shape incentives for firms and individuals to be more productive and... |
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No. 55 | 19 Jun 2007 |
The Interaction between Investment and Services Chapters in Selected Regional trade Agreements
This report analyses the interactions between the investment and services chapters of 20 regional trade agreements. It classifies agreements into two broad categories of NAFTA-inspired and GATS-inspired agreements and identifies four major types of... |
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No. 29 | 27 Jan 2006 |
The Linkages between Open Services Markets and Technology Transfer
Services are the main drivers of economic growth in OECD countries and they are becoming increasingly innovative. This study analyses the role of open services markets in the transfer and diffusion of technology from developed countries to developing... |
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No. 278 | 10 Nov 2023 |
The Nature, Evolution and Potential Implications of Data Localisation Measures
This paper examines the nature and evolution of data localisation measures and their impact on business activity. It highlights that data localisation measures are growing and increasingly restrictive. By early 2023, 100 such measures were in place... |
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No. 221 | 23 Jan 2019 |
The OECD Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
The rapid acceleration of digital transformation has had profound implications for services trade but the benefits of digitalisation risk being derailed by existing and emerging trade barriers. The OECD Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index... |
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No. 138 | 27 Jun 2012 |
The OECD Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia
This paper focuses on the market openness aspects of regulatory reform in Indonesia to devise recommendations for improving the country’s regulatory processes. These recommendations involve institutionalising independent and objective evaluations of... |
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No. 112 | 14 Apr 2011 |
The Political Economy of Services in Regional Trade Agreements
Do the services commitments that countries have made in their post-Uruguay Round regional trade agreements (RTAs) indicate the types of concessions that they would be willing to multilateralise in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)?... |
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No. 22 | 17 Oct 2005 |
The Role of Automation in Trade Facilitation
This paper analyses customs automation which is one of the most powerful tools to increase customs efficiency. It focuses in particular on the benefits and implementation costs of automation. It is part of a series of studies that analyse various... |
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No. 109 | 01 Apr 2011 |
The Role of Factor Content in Trade
The pattern of trade analysed from a factor content perspective reflects the relative factor endowments of the countries examined. Although some large economies, such as the United States, seem to exhibit counter-intuitive behaviour, this is reversed... |
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No. 148 | 05 Apr 2013 |
The Role of Services for Competitiveness in Manufacturing
This study analyses the relationships between competitiveness in manufacturing and the quality of key supporting services. Three indicators of competitiveness are considered: the degree of product differentiation, unit prices obtained in export... |
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No. 193 | 20 Oct 2016 |
The Role of Services for Economic Performance in Brazil
This paper highlights the large contribution of services to the Brazilian economy and the under-exploited potential of services to sustain productivity gains and international competitiveness. The areas with the largest potential for regulatory... |
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No. 45 | 01 Dec 2006 |
The Role of Trade Barriers in SME Internationalisation
This paper discusses trade barriers that SMEs are likely to encounter in export markets and available policy tools aimed at their reduction or elimination. Drawing on recent work in the Trade Directorate and elsewhere, key types of barriers are... |
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The Costs and Challenges of Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures
Evdokia Moïsé
15 May 2013
This study provides data on the costs and challenges of implementing trade facilitation measures currently under negotiation in the WTO. It updates an earlier study undertaken in 2005, presenting data and insights from nine additional developing...
The Economic Impact of Trade Facilitation
Michael Engman
12 Oct 2005
This paper examines the economic impact of trade facilitation and in particular the link between trade facilitation and trade flows, government revenue and foreign direct investment. It is part of a series of studies that analyse various aspects of...
The Ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement and Innovation in Sri Lankan Textile and Clothing Industry
Janaka Wijayasiri and Jagath Dissanayake
06 Aug 2008
This paper is one of five case studies which is a part of a larger project looking at the various effects that trade and investment can have on innovation. This paper studies the effect of the ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA) on innovation...
The Impact of COVID-19 international travel restrictions on services-trade costs
Sebastian Benz, Frédéric Gonzales and Annabelle Mourougane
06 Jul 2020
This report casts light on the impact of regulatory restrictions on the movement of people across international borders on services trade costs. Such restrictions were implemented on health and safety grounds following the COVID-19 outbreak in March...
The Impact of Pro-Competitive Reforms on Trade in Developing Countries
Sébastien Miroudot, Enrico Pinali and Nicolas Sauter
15 Jun 2007
This report proposes an analysis of the mutually reinforcing relationship between trade, investment and competition policies and how together they impact trade in developing countries. An index of pro-competitive reforms is provided for 82 countries...
The Impact of Services Trade Liberalisation on Trade in Non-Agricultural Products
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
16 Oct 2008
This study finds that trade in services contributes to a broader services supplier base that supports competitiveness in high-technology and high-value added manufacturing. It is shown that with low, but still significant trade costs in services,...
The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Trade Flows
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås and Dorothée Rouzet
06 Feb 2015
This paper uses newly released OECD data on services trade restrictions (STRI) to analyse the relationship between services trade restrictions, cross-border trade in services and trade in downstream manufactured goods. A standard gravity model is...
The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Jobs and Growth
OECD
31 Jan 2011
This report shows how more open markets in goods and services can contribute to creating jobs and increase incomes. Reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers can help in the short run where the economic crisis has led to significant involuntary...
The Interaction amongst Trade, Investment and Competition Policies
Csilla Bartók and Sébastien Miroudot
22 Feb 2008
The report focuses on the complementarities between trade, investment and competition policies and analyses how policy coherence can be promoted in these three important areas that shape incentives for firms and individuals to be more productive and...
The Interaction between Investment and Services Chapters in Selected Regional trade Agreements
Marie-France Houde, Akshay Kolse-Patil and Sébastien Miroudot
19 Jun 2007
This report analyses the interactions between the investment and services chapters of 20 regional trade agreements. It classifies agreements into two broad categories of NAFTA-inspired and GATS-inspired agreements and identifies four major types of...
The Linkages between Open Services Markets and Technology Transfer
OECD
27 Jan 2006
Services are the main drivers of economic growth in OECD countries and they are becoming increasingly innovative. This study analyses the role of open services markets in the transfer and diffusion of technology from developed countries to developing...
The Nature, Evolution and Potential Implications of Data Localisation Measures
Chiara Del Giovane, Janos Ferencz and Javier López González
10 Nov 2023
This paper examines the nature and evolution of data localisation measures and their impact on business activity. It highlights that data localisation measures are growing and increasingly restrictive. By early 2023, 100 such measures were in place...
The OECD Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index
Janos Ferencz
23 Jan 2019
The rapid acceleration of digital transformation has had profound implications for services trade but the benefits of digitalisation risk being derailed by existing and emerging trade barriers. The OECD Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness Index...
The OECD Regulatory Reform Review of Indonesia
Molly Lesher
27 Jun 2012
This paper focuses on the market openness aspects of regulatory reform in Indonesia to devise recommendations for improving the country’s regulatory processes. These recommendations involve institutionalising independent and objective evaluations of...
The Political Economy of Services in Regional Trade Agreements
Craig VanGrasstek
14 Apr 2011
Do the services commitments that countries have made in their post-Uruguay Round regional trade agreements (RTAs) indicate the types of concessions that they would be willing to multilateralise in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)?...
The Role of Automation in Trade Facilitation
OECD
17 Oct 2005
This paper analyses customs automation which is one of the most powerful tools to increase customs efficiency. It focuses in particular on the benefits and implementation costs of automation. It is part of a series of studies that analyse various...
The Role of Factor Content in Trade
Susan Stone, Ricardo H. Cavazos Cepeda and Anna Jankowska
01 Apr 2011
The pattern of trade analysed from a factor content perspective reflects the relative factor endowments of the countries examined. Although some large economies, such as the United States, seem to exhibit counter-intuitive behaviour, this is reversed...
The Role of Services for Competitiveness in Manufacturing
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås and Yunhee Kim
05 Apr 2013
This study analyses the relationships between competitiveness in manufacturing and the quality of key supporting services. Three indicators of competitiveness are considered: the degree of product differentiation, unit prices obtained in export...
The Role of Services for Economic Performance in Brazil
Jorge Arbache, Dorothée Rouzet and Francesca Spinelli
20 Oct 2016
This paper highlights the large contribution of services to the Brazilian economy and the under-exploited potential of services to sustain productivity gains and international competitiveness. The areas with the largest potential for regulatory...
The Role of Trade Barriers in SME Internationalisation
Barbara Fliess and Carlos Busquets
01 Dec 2006
This paper discusses trade barriers that SMEs are likely to encounter in export markets and available policy tools aimed at their reduction or elimination. Drawing on recent work in the Trade Directorate and elsewhere, key types of barriers are...