This report aims to answer two major questions: (1) How beneficial are the trade preferences provided to developing … countries; and (2) what are the implications of possible erosion of these benefits under multilateral trade liberalization? The … report focuses on trade preferences provided by the so-called Quad countries (Canada, the European Union, Japan and the …

This report aims to answer two major questions: (1) How beneficial are the trade preferences provided to developing … countries; and (2) what are the implications of possible erosion of these benefits under multilateral trade liberalisation? The … report focuses on trade preferences provided by the so-called Quad countries (Canada, the European Union, Japan and the …

Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have increased significantly in number over the past few years. The number of RTAs … application. Regional and bilateral trade arrangements are surveyed, including customs unions and free trade agreements. The study …

services. They involve an ever-growing share of world trade. The proportion of world trade covered by such accords is expected …Regional trade agreements (RTAs) are increasingly portrayed as a threat to the free global exchange of goods and …

environment policy circles. In order to try and disentangle the various strands of this important set of trade and environment … issues, the OECD Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts focused on the actual experience with the use of trade … Agreements or MEAs -- often use trade measures, among other instruments. But in fact the term trade measures covers a variety of …

How can the environmental effects of trade liberalisation agreements be assessed ? Are available methodologies … organised a two-day technical workshop to focus on past practice and new tools for assessing the environmental effects of trade …