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OECD countries affirm commitments to aid, open trade and investment markets

26-Nov-2008

OECD countries have reaffirmed their commitments on aid to developing countries and undertaken to abstain from trade protectionism, as part of a concerted drive to shore up the world economy and combat recession.

Major exporters pledge ongoing credit support for developing country imports

24-Nov-2008

Thirty-five exporting countries, including 29 OECD countries plus Brazil, Estonia, Israel, Romania, Russia and Slovenia, issued a statement pledging continued export-credit support for international trade deals in line with a call by G20 leaders for emerging and developing economies to retain access to financing for imports in the present financial crisis.

2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade - Rapporteur's Report

18-Nov-2008

The 2008 OECD Global Forum on Trade brought together trade policy makers from OECD countries and a number of emerging economies to discuss global trade policy challenges. The Forum examined two important issues in particular: the impact of emerging economies on recent international market developments and the political economy of trade.

G7 merchandise trade volume growth slows in second quarter 2008

27-Oct-2008

Merchandise import volumes of the Group of Seven countries fell by 1.4% in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the previous quarter, while the volume of exports declined by 0.3%.

Technical Barriers to Trade: Evaluating the Trade Effects of Supplier's Declaration of Conformity

13-Oct-2008

This study explains expected trade-facilitating benefits and other characteristics of the use of Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity (SDOC) as a conformity assessment procedure and assesses the trade effect of the EU’s adoption of SDOC in three product sectors.

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