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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. 132 | 19 Oct 2011 |
A Literature Review on Trade and Informal Labour Markets in Developing Countries
This report provides a summary of the literature on the relationship between trade and informality in developing countries, with an emphasis on the BRIICS. While main conclusions of the ILO and WTO (2009) literature review are highlighted, the report... |
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No. 262 | 13 Jun 2022 |
A Preliminary Mapping of Data Localisation Measures
This paper maps the evolving data localisation landscape. It shows that the number of data localisation measures is on the rise and that the measures themselves are becoming more restrictive. The paper highlights the need to better understand and... |
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No. 79 | 29 Sept 2008 |
A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector
This paper evaluates the different approaches to quantifying the trade impact of standards in the agri-food sector. The approaches discussed fall into two broad categories: ex post empirical estimation and ex ante simulation. Recent developments on... |
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No. 5 | 24 Sept 2004 |
Addressing Market-Access Concerns of Developing Countries arising from Environmental and Health Requirements
This report represents the stock-taking of the lessons learned from a series of twenty OECD case studies which examined specific market access problems arising from environmental and health requirements faced by developing country exporters. Together... |
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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. 130 | 19 Oct 2011 |
Agricultural Trade and Employment in South Africa
This report provides an overview of policy changes in South African agriculture over the past three decades, and of some of the associated impacts on output, trade patterns and employment. In agriculture, the story is one of widespread substitution... |
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No. 16 | 03 Jun 2005 |
Analysis of Non-Tariff Barriers of Concern to Developing Countries
This paper identifies non-tariff barriers (NTBs) faced by developing countries in their trade with developed countries and in South-South trade. The goal is to raise awareness of barriers that interfere with the ability of developing countries to... |
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No. 14 | 08 Mar 2005 |
Analysis of Non-Tariff Measures
This study examines the nature and the extent of use of customs fees and charges that affect imports at borders. It is part of a series of studies that analyse various types of non-tariff measures and the objective of this paper is to contribute to... |
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No. 6 | 27 Sept 2004 |
Analysis of Non-Tariff Measures
This study, that investigates two specific types of quantitative restrictions, namely import prohibitions and quotas, is part of a broad reflection aimed at learning more about the nature and scope of non-tariff measures. The analysis reviews... |
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No. 66 | 28 Jan 2008 |
Analysis of Subsidies for Services
This study presents an exploratory analysis of export subsidies in the services field. It draws from a variety of sources in an effort to provide insights into the characteristics and use of these measures. The report, while not generating accurate... |
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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. 162 | 30 Jan 2014 |
Approaches to Protection of Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
This paper takes stock of the available legal protection for trade secrets (undisclosed information) in a broad sample of countries. Drawing on national and international material, the paper develops and presents an indicator of the stringency of... |
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No. 219 | 21 Jan 2019 |
Approaches to market openness in the digital age
The digital transformation has had a profound impact on international trade, lowering barriers to internationalisation and contributing to growing trade competitiveness, but at the same time making international trade transactions more complex.... |
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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. 84 | 09 Feb 2009 |
Assessing Barriers to Trade in Services in the MENA Region
This paper aims to assess barriers to service provision in the financial, telecom, and transport sectors of selected MENA countries, including both trade and domestic restrictions. The analysis is focused on computation of aggregate and modal trade... |
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No. 158 | 30 Jul 2013 |
Assessing the Trade-Related Sources of Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies
This paper contributes new empirical evidence on the relationship between productivity and international trade. This is accomplished using an econometric approach that combines input-output and productivity data, which allows a more detailed tracking... |
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No. 232 | 03 Oct 2019 |
Barriers to trade in digitally enabled services in the G20
Digital transformation has enabled easier tradability of traditional services across borders and the emergence of new services that create value from data. But the benefits derived from digitalisation risk being derailed by existing and emerging... |
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No. 96 | 02 Jun 2010 |
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Technical Barriers to Trade: An African Perspective
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) present opportunities for controlling technical barriers to trade (TBTs). Using key principles and provisions of the WTO Agreement on TBT as a yardstick for analysis, this paper examines whether and how eight major... |
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No. 94 | 02 Dec 2009 |
Binding Constraints to Trade Expansion
Trade can be a powerful engine for economic growth, poverty reduction, and development. However, harnessing the power of trade is often difficult for developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, because of supply-side domestic... |
OECD Trade Policy Papers
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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...
A Literature Review on Trade and Informal Labour Markets in Developing Countries
Laura Munro
19 Oct 2011
This report provides a summary of the literature on the relationship between trade and informality in developing countries, with an emphasis on the BRIICS. While main conclusions of the ILO and WTO (2009) literature review are highlighted, the report...
A Preliminary Mapping of Data Localisation Measures
Javier López González, Francesca Casalini and Juan Porras
13 Jun 2022
This paper maps the evolving data localisation landscape. It shows that the number of data localisation measures is on the rise and that the measures themselves are becoming more restrictive. The paper highlights the need to better understand and...
A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector
Jane Korinek, Mark Melatos and Marie-Luise Rau
29 Sept 2008
This paper evaluates the different approaches to quantifying the trade impact of standards in the agri-food sector. The approaches discussed fall into two broad categories: ex post empirical estimation and ex ante simulation. Recent developments on...
Addressing Market-Access Concerns of Developing Countries arising from Environmental and Health Requirements
Dale Andrew, Karim Dahou and Ronald Steenblik
24 Sept 2004
This report represents the stock-taking of the lessons learned from a series of twenty OECD case studies which examined specific market access problems arising from environmental and health requirements faced by developing country exporters. Together...
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...
Agricultural Trade and Employment in South Africa
Ron Sandrey, Cecilia Punt, Hans Grinsted Jensen and Nick Vink
19 Oct 2011
This report provides an overview of policy changes in South African agriculture over the past three decades, and of some of the associated impacts on output, trade patterns and employment. In agriculture, the story is one of widespread substitution...
Analysis of Non-Tariff Barriers of Concern to Developing Countries
OECD
03 Jun 2005
This paper identifies non-tariff barriers (NTBs) faced by developing countries in their trade with developed countries and in South-South trade. The goal is to raise awareness of barriers that interfere with the ability of developing countries to...
Analysis of Non-Tariff Measures
OECD
08 Mar 2005
This study examines the nature and the extent of use of customs fees and charges that affect imports at borders. It is part of a series of studies that analyse various types of non-tariff measures and the objective of this paper is to contribute to...
Analysis of Non-Tariff Measures
Peter Czaga
27 Sept 2004
This study, that investigates two specific types of quantitative restrictions, namely import prohibitions and quotas, is part of a broad reflection aimed at learning more about the nature and scope of non-tariff measures. The analysis reviews...
Analysis of Subsidies for Services
Massimo Geloso Grosso
28 Jan 2008
This study presents an exploratory analysis of export subsidies in the services field. It draws from a variety of sources in an effort to provide insights into the characteristics and use of these measures. The report, while not generating accurate...
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...
Approaches to Protection of Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Mark F. Schultz and Douglas C. Lippoldt
30 Jan 2014
This paper takes stock of the available legal protection for trade secrets (undisclosed information) in a broad sample of countries. Drawing on national and international material, the paper develops and presents an indicator of the stringency of...
Approaches to market openness in the digital age
Francesca Casalini, Javier López González and Evdokia Moïsé
21 Jan 2019
The digital transformation has had a profound impact on international trade, lowering barriers to internationalisation and contributing to growing trade competitiveness, but at the same time making international trade transactions more complex....
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...
Assessing Barriers to Trade in Services in the MENA Region
Mohamed Ali Marouani and Laura Munro
09 Feb 2009
This paper aims to assess barriers to service provision in the financial, telecom, and transport sectors of selected MENA countries, including both trade and domestic restrictions. The analysis is focused on computation of aggregate and modal trade...
Assessing the Trade-Related Sources of Productivity Growth in Emerging Economies
Przemyslaw Kowalski and Max Büge
30 Jul 2013
This paper contributes new empirical evidence on the relationship between productivity and international trade. This is accomplished using an econometric approach that combines input-output and productivity data, which allows a more detailed tracking...
Barriers to trade in digitally enabled services in the G20
Janos Ferencz and Frédéric Gonzales
03 Oct 2019
Digital transformation has enabled easier tradability of traditional services across borders and the emergence of new services that create value from data. But the benefits derived from digitalisation risk being derailed by existing and emerging...
Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements and Technical Barriers to Trade: An African Perspective
Nico Meyer, Tamas Fenyes, Martin Breitenbach and Ernst Idsardi
02 Jun 2010
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) present opportunities for controlling technical barriers to trade (TBTs). Using key principles and provisions of the WTO Agreement on TBT as a yardstick for analysis, this paper examines whether and how eight major...
Binding Constraints to Trade Expansion
Jean-Jacques Hallaert and Laura Munro
02 Dec 2009
Trade can be a powerful engine for economic growth, poverty reduction, and development. However, harnessing the power of trade is often difficult for developing countries, particularly the least developed countries, because of supply-side domestic...