, and is the most dynamic sector of world trade. New negotiations under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services …, which began in January 2000, offer an important opportunity to reap the benefits of greater openness in services markets … worldwide. The papers in this volume, produced as part of the OECD Trade Directorate's services project, explore fundamental …

openness and established a domestic policy framework that complements the opportunities presented by trade liberalisation. How … process? This publication provides an in-depth analysis of the development dimensions of trade, with particular emphasis on …The multilateral trading system has delivered successive rounds of trade liberalisation and established mechanisms to …

As trade barriers at the border have fallen through successive trade negotiations, domestic regulation has emerged as a … source of residual but potentially significant trade barriers. Recognising the importance of participating in intensified … international trade and investment. In this light, OECD has undertaken a broad-ranging project on regulatory reform, for which …

This book examines the extent to which there are trade impediments to the transfer and adoption of environmental goods … and services, how can these be addressed by global trade negotiations, the role of complementary measures in order to …

(COVID-19) pandemic across SIDS; (ii) provides an overview of the support delivered by development co-operation providers to …

particularly benefit women entrepreneurs; export promotion of women-led businesses; and ensuring diversity in trade policymaking. …This Trade and Gender Review of New Zealand draws on both quantitative and qualitative insights to provide a … comprehensive analysis of the impact of trade, and trade policies, on New Zealand women as workers, consumers, and business owners …

economic effects of the EU’s trade policies. To this end, it provides an overview of past liberalisation efforts, reviews trade … indicators in international comparison and lays out the future trade agenda of the Community. According to the empirical evidence … provided in this volume, integration in Europe does not seem to have entailed much trade diversion, while trade is likely to …

The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) was a turning point in the reform of the agricultural trade system …. It imposed disciplines on trade-distorting domestic policies and established new rules in the areas of market access and … export competition. How effective have the three disciplines contained in the URAA been in bringing about a reduction in the …

This report provides information on the average tariff levels and on the use of tariff-rate quotas, export subsidies … and export credits by selected OECD countries for temperate-zone agricultural products. The implications of further … liberalisation of the various instruments over the medium term are examined. The effects of further trade liberalisation of …