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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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Enhancing Market Openness Through Regulatory Reform in the People's Republic of China

19-Dec-2008

This study analyses the trade policy environment in the People’s Republic of China with a focus on trade-related regulations and their role in supporting China’s market openness. The report examines in particular to what extent China’s trade regulations comply with the principles of transparency and non-discrimination and facilitate foreign trade operations and international competition.

Major exporters pledge ongoing credit support for developing country imports

24-Nov-2008

Thirty-six exporting countries, including 29 OECD countries plus Brazil, Estonia, India, Israel, Romania, Russia and Slovenia, issued a statement pledging continued export-credit support for international trade deals in line with a call by G20 leaders for emerging and developing economies to retain access to financing for imports in the present financial crisis.

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.

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