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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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No. 44 | 28 Nov 2006 |
China's Trade and Growth
This paper examines China's emergence as a global player in international markets over the last few decades. It provides an overview of China's trade policy environment following the country's process of market opening and joining the WTO. The report... |
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No. 43 | 24 Nov 2006 |
Dynamic Gains from Trade
The post world war II era has been characterized by unprecedented growth in the world economy and progressive reduction in barriers to international trade and investment. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent the observed growth and... |
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No. 42 | 26 Jan 2007 |
Examining the Trade Effect of Certain Customs and Administrative Procedures
Recent research at OECD provides new evidence that customs and administrative procedures have substantial effects on trade flows. Although customs and administrative procedures are necessary for the smooth application of trade and other policies,... |
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No. 41 | 12 Oct 2006 |
Facilitating Adjustment: Sector Experiences from Agriculture, Telecommunications and Chemicals
This paper is a follow-up study to Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation (OECD 2005) which identified policies for successful trade-related structural adjustment. It draws further policy implications through the analysis of three... |
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No. 40 | 16 Oct 2006 |
South-South Trade In Goods
The empirical analysis presented in this paper indicates that trade between developing countries (South-South trade) offers a wide scope for specialisation and efficiency gains. The first part of the paper takes an ex-post perspective and employs the... |
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No. 39 | 17 Oct 2006 |
South-South Services Trade
This paper contributes to the debate on the development potential of South-South trade in services. It represents the first attempt to identify key features governing the South-South dimension of services. Services trade between developing countries... |
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No. 37 | 11 Aug 2006 |
Trends in Conformity Assessment Practices and Barriers to Trade
This analytical report presents findings from a survey conducted in 2005/2006 of conformity assessment bodies (CABs) and exporting companies from the OECD region. The survey was conceived to gather primary data from key players in the field on... |
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No. 36 | 11 Jul 2006 |
Analysis of the Economic Impact of Investment Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements
As countries turn more to regionalism as a means of forwarding co-operation on trade rules and other areas of policymaking, rules on investment are increasingly being incorporated into regional trade agreements (RTAs). We analyse the economic... |
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No. 35 | 30 May 2006 |
Logistics and Time as a Trade Barrier
This paper analyses the relation between time for exports and imports, logistics services and international trade. Time is found not only to reduce trade volumes, but more importantly lengthy procedures for exports and imports reduce the probability... |
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No. 34 | 22 May 2006 |
Liberalising Network Infrastructure Services and the GATS
This study reviews key issues in liberalising network infrastructure services ? including telecommunications, postal/courier, energy, water and sewage ? in the national and multilateral contexts. The economic and social significance of these services... |
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No. 33 | 17 May 2006 |
The Australian Preferential Tariff Regime
The purpose of this paper is to consider the preferential trade arrangements available to developing countries exporting into the Australian market. The paper opens with an overview of these arrangements, followed by a detailed statistical review. It... |
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No. 32 | 28 Mar 2006 |
Special and Differential Treatment in the Area of Trade Facilitation
Annex D of the July 2004 Decision of the WTO General Council indicates that "the principle (of special and differential treatment for developing and least-developed countries) should extend beyond the granting of traditional transition periods for... |
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No. 31 | 21 Mar 2006 |
Competition Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have grown dramatically in number and importance since the early 1990s and they increasingly include chapters and provisions encompassing competition issues. This study provides a taxonomy of the types of... |
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No. 30 | 27 Jan 2006 |
Inter-modal Linkages in Services Trade
According to the GATS, services can be traded through four different modes of supply, namely, cross border supply, consumption abroad, commercial presence, and movement of natural persons, termed modes 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. There is much... |
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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. 28 | 20 Jan 2006 |
Quantifying the Trade and Economic Effects of Non-Tariff Measures
Significant progress has been made in quantifying the effects of non-tariff measures since OECD commissioned its last major review of this topic in 1997. This paper reviews the literature of NTMs and assesses the different methods available.... |
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No. 27 | 18 Jan 2006 |
After the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting
The WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong in December 2005 made some progress in advancing the Doha Development Agenda. But much remains to be done, particularly in settling negotiating modalities in agriculture and NAMA and in putting some flesh onto... |
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No. 26 | 26 Jan 2006 |
Special and Differential Treatment Under the GATS
This report sets out the particular approach to special and differential treatment (SDT) in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). In particular, the report explores how the degree of flexibility afforded to all Members under the GATS... |
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No. 25 | 05 Dec 2005 |
Intertwined
This study analyses the complex relationship between manufacturing FDI and trade in services. An examination of how recent developments in the economic landscape have resulted in changes in the industrial organisation as well the structure of... |
OECD Trade Policy Papers
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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...
China's Trade and Growth
Malory Greene, Nora Dihel, Przemyslaw Kowalski and Douglas C. Lippoldt
28 Nov 2006
This paper examines China's emergence as a global player in international markets over the last few decades. It provides an overview of China's trade policy environment following the country's process of market opening and joining the WTO. The report...
Dynamic Gains from Trade
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Sébastien Miroudot and Przemyslaw Kowalski
24 Nov 2006
The post world war II era has been characterized by unprecedented growth in the world economy and progressive reduction in barriers to international trade and investment. The objective of this study is to assess to what extent the observed growth and...
Examining the Trade Effect of Certain Customs and Administrative Procedures
Norbert Wilson
26 Jan 2007
Recent research at OECD provides new evidence that customs and administrative procedures have substantial effects on trade flows. Although customs and administrative procedures are necessary for the smooth application of trade and other policies,...
Facilitating Adjustment: Sector Experiences from Agriculture, Telecommunications and Chemicals
Michael Engman, Osamu Onodera and Norbert Wilson
12 Oct 2006
This paper is a follow-up study to Trade and Structural Adjustment: Embracing Globalisation (OECD 2005) which identified policies for successful trade-related structural adjustment. It draws further policy implications through the analysis of three...
South-South Trade In Goods
Przemyslaw Kowalski and Ben Shepherd
16 Oct 2006
The empirical analysis presented in this paper indicates that trade between developing countries (South-South trade) offers a wide scope for specialisation and efficiency gains. The first part of the paper takes an ex-post perspective and employs the...
South-South Services Trade
Nora Dihel, Felix Eschenbach and Ben Shepherd
17 Oct 2006
This paper contributes to the debate on the development potential of South-South trade in services. It represents the first attempt to identify key features governing the South-South dimension of services. Services trade between developing countries...
Trends in Conformity Assessment Practices and Barriers to Trade
Barbara Fliess and Raymond Schonfeld
11 Aug 2006
This analytical report presents findings from a survey conducted in 2005/2006 of conformity assessment bodies (CABs) and exporting companies from the OECD region. The survey was conceived to gather primary data from key players in the field on...
Analysis of the Economic Impact of Investment Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements
Molly Lesher and Sébastien Miroudot
11 Jul 2006
As countries turn more to regionalism as a means of forwarding co-operation on trade rules and other areas of policymaking, rules on investment are increasingly being incorporated into regional trade agreements (RTAs). We analyse the economic...
Logistics and Time as a Trade Barrier
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Enrico Pinali and Massimo Geloso Grosso
30 May 2006
This paper analyses the relation between time for exports and imports, logistics services and international trade. Time is found not only to reduce trade volumes, but more importantly lengthy procedures for exports and imports reduce the probability...
Liberalising Network Infrastructure Services and the GATS
Massimo Geloso Grosso
22 May 2006
This study reviews key issues in liberalising network infrastructure services ? including telecommunications, postal/courier, energy, water and sewage ? in the national and multilateral contexts. The economic and social significance of these services...
The Australian Preferential Tariff Regime
Douglas C. Lippoldt
17 May 2006
The purpose of this paper is to consider the preferential trade arrangements available to developing countries exporting into the Australian market. The paper opens with an overview of these arrangements, followed by a detailed statistical review. It...
Special and Differential Treatment in the Area of Trade Facilitation
Evdokia Moïsé
28 Mar 2006
Annex D of the July 2004 Decision of the WTO General Council indicates that "the principle (of special and differential treatment for developing and least-developed countries) should extend beyond the granting of traditional transition periods for...
Competition Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements
Oliver Solano and Andreas Sennekamp
21 Mar 2006
Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have grown dramatically in number and importance since the early 1990s and they increasingly include chapters and provisions encompassing competition issues. This study provides a taxonomy of the types of...
Inter-modal Linkages in Services Trade
Rupa Chanda
27 Jan 2006
According to the GATS, services can be traded through four different modes of supply, namely, cross border supply, consumption abroad, commercial presence, and movement of natural persons, termed modes 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. There is much...
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...
Quantifying the Trade and Economic Effects of Non-Tariff Measures
Michael J. Ferrantino
20 Jan 2006
Significant progress has been made in quantifying the effects of non-tariff measures since OECD commissioned its last major review of this topic in 1997. This paper reviews the literature of NTMs and assesses the different methods available....
After the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting
Ken Heydon
18 Jan 2006
The WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong in December 2005 made some progress in advancing the Doha Development Agenda. But much remains to be done, particularly in settling negotiating modalities in agriculture and NAMA and in putting some flesh onto...
Special and Differential Treatment Under the GATS
OECD
26 Jan 2006
This report sets out the particular approach to special and differential treatment (SDT) in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). In particular, the report explores how the degree of flexibility afforded to all Members under the GATS...
Intertwined
Jonathan Gage and Molly Lesher
05 Dec 2005
This study analyses the complex relationship between manufacturing FDI and trade in services. An examination of how recent developments in the economic landscape have resulted in changes in the industrial organisation as well the structure of...