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The key objective of OECD work on trade is to support a strong, rules-based multilateral trading system that will maintain the momentum for further trade liberalisation, while contributing to rising standards of living and sustainable development. The OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate also analyses food, agriculture and fisheries issues. Read more ...

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A Review of Methods for Quantifying the Trade Effects of Standards in the Agri-Food Sector

02-Oct-2008

This paper evaluates the different approaches to quantifying the trade impact of standards in the agri-food sector.

Harnessing the political economy in support of an open multilateral trading system

30-Sep-2008

The benefits of an open multilateral trading system are increasingly being questioned. Despite strong growth in international trade and investment, multilateral liberalisation faces considerable challenges and is becoming ever more elusive.

Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade, 3-4 November 2008

19-Sep-2008

The OECD with the support of the European Commission and the German Marshall Fund of the United States is organizing a Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade on 3-4 November 2008 in the OECD Conference Centre. The main objectives of this two-day event is to discuss between policy makers, practitioners and academics how the developing community can help developing countries to build trade capacity and address supply-side constraints, in order to realize the full benefits from their integration in the world economy.

Rising Agricultural Prices: Causes, Consequences and Responses (Policy Brief)

11-Sep-2008

World prices of wheat, coarse grains (in particular corn), rice and oilseed
crops nearly doubled between 2005 and 2007 and continued to rise in early
2008. These prices, along with those of meat, sugar and dairy products, are
likely to ease somewhat in the next 10 years, but are likely to stay well above
the average of the past decade.

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