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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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No. 245 | 01 Mar 2021 |
Resource efficiency, the circular economy, sustainable materials management and trade in metals and minerals
A more resource efficient and circular economy will help to decouple global economic growth from natural resource use, decrease environmental degradation and improve energy efficiency. Existing circular economy policies have been largely focused at... |
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No. 244 | 04 Dec 2020 |
Mapping trade to household budget survey
Whether gains from trade are equally distributed within countries is the subject of a lively debate. This paper presents a novel framework to analyse the distributional effects of trade policy by linking the OECD’s CGE trade model, METRO, with... |
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No. 243 | 03 Dec 2020 |
Services trade and labour market outcomes in the United Kingdom
Services trade has become increasingly important, yet its impact on employment has been understudied at present. This paper uses fine-grained data on firm- and worker-level information to shed light on the impact of services trade on employment and... |
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No. 242 | 25 Nov 2020 |
Trade, investment and intangibles
Located at the heart of global value chains (GVCs), intangibles are documented to have a high and rising value capture, and to depend on both agglomeration economies and global connectedness for their performance. In this paper, we study how the... |
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No. 241 | 23 Oct 2020 |
Services imports and labour in Viet Nam
This paper draws on detailed firm-level and worker-level information to explore the link between services imports and employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms are... |
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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...
Resource efficiency, the circular economy, sustainable materials management and trade in metals and minerals
Paulo de Sa and Jane Korinek
01 Mar 2021
A more resource efficient and circular economy will help to decouple global economic growth from natural resource use, decrease environmental degradation and improve energy efficiency. Existing circular economy policies have been largely focused at...
Mapping trade to household budget survey
Nhung Luu, Nicolas Woloszko, Orsetta Causa, Christine Arriola, Frank van Tongeren and Åsa Johansson
04 Dec 2020
Whether gains from trade are equally distributed within countries is the subject of a lively debate. This paper presents a novel framework to analyse the distributional effects of trade policy by linking the OECD’s CGE trade model, METRO, with...
Services trade and labour market outcomes in the United Kingdom
Andrea Lassmann and Francesca Spinelli
03 Dec 2020
Services trade has become increasingly important, yet its impact on employment has been understudied at present. This paper uses fine-grained data on firm- and worker-level information to shed light on the impact of services trade on employment and...
Trade, investment and intangibles
Ari Van Assche
25 Nov 2020
Located at the heart of global value chains (GVCs), intangibles are documented to have a high and rising value capture, and to depend on both agglomeration economies and global connectedness for their performance. In this paper, we study how the...
Services imports and labour in Viet Nam
Alexander Jaax, Louise Johannesson and Thi Xuan Thu Nguyen
23 Oct 2020
This paper draws on detailed firm-level and worker-level information to explore the link between services imports and employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms are...