Trade
OECD work on trade seeks to make sense of how the global trade system can help contribute to better lives.
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Books and papers
OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico 2024
After a slow recovery from the pandemic, the Mexican economy has navigated well the global environment of tightening financial conditions and heightened uncertainty.
Securing Medical Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World
This report offers insights into the risks and vulnerabilities of the supply chains of medicines and medical devices. Policy options to anticipate and mitigate risks of shortages of medicines and medical devices, both routinely and in the context of...
An ocean of data
Rising uncertainties and geo-political tensions, together with increasingly complex trade relations have increased the demand for monitoring global trade in a timely manner. Although it was primarily designed to ensure vessel safety, information from...
Mapping and testing product-level vulnerabilities in granular production networks
This paper conducts an in-depth mapping of global value chain (GVC) vulnerabilities, using granular product-level trade data to identify vulnerable products with limited suppliers and substitutability. The study reveals that, in OECD countries,...
Multimedia
How to make supply chains more resilient with the OECD’s Marion Jansen
The last two years have seen unprecedented disruptions in global supply chains, brought about by a perfect storm of causes, with wide geopolitical implications that look to continue well into the future.
Statistics
International Trade by Commodity Statistics, Volume 2023 Issue 4
This reliable source of yearly data covers a wide range of statistics on international trade of OECD countries and provides detailed data in value by commodity and by partner country...
Focus
OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
What are the impacts and consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on our lives and our societies - our healthcare systems, our jobs and education, our businesses, financial markets and economies.