Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Stating the Case for Open Services Markets Chapter 3. Harnessing the Economy-wide Potential of Service Sector Efficiencies The Benefits of Open Services Markets: Empirical Evidence Chapter 4 Acknowledging the Complexities of...

The May 2003 OECD Joint Global Forum on Trade and Competition brought together experts and officials from economies at all levels of development. Against the backdrop of an increasingly globalised economy, the interface between these two policy domains is receiving growing attention

Heutzutage kommen Produkte kaum mehr aus einem einzigen Land. Stattdessen erlauben es globale Wertschöpfungsketten einer schier unbegrenzten Anzahl von Volkswirtschaften, den Teil eines Herstellungsprozesses auszuführen, den sie am effizientesten liefern können. Diese Ketten sind Beweis...

Global Value Chains (GVCs) have exploded in the past decade and refer to the international dispersion of design, production, assembly, marketing and distribution of services, activities, and products. Different stages in the production process are increasingly located across different economies,...

The multilateral trading system has delivered successive rounds of trade liberalisation and established mechanisms to protect the interests of trading nations. The result has been growth for those nations that have recognised the importance of openness and established a domestic policy framework...