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The July 2008 Interim version of the OECD List of Varieties is now available

06-Aug-2008

The interim edition of the OECD List of Varieties eligible for Seed Certification July 2008 is currently available on our website (French/English bilingual document).

Seeds - Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008

The Draft Agenda and some related documents for the 2008 OECD Seed Schemes Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, USA, 1-2 July 2008, are currently available on the Seed Schemes site.

Tractors - Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting

28-Apr-2008


The Draft Summary Record of the 2008 Annual Meeting for the OECD Tractor Codes (held in Paris, 26-27 February 2008) is now available on the Tractors site.

Revised Draft Agenda for the 2008 Annual Meeting of the OECD Forest Scheme

28-Apr-2008

The Annual Meeting will now be held at the OECD Headquarters, 2 rue André Pascal 75016 Paris - France, on Monday afternoon 15 September and Tuesday 16 September 2008.

Les approches bilatérales et régionales adoptées pour réduire les obstacles techniques au commerce convergent-elles vers le système commercial multilatéral

08-Jan-2008

Document de travail de l'OCDE sur la politique des échanges No.58. Cette étude examine les dispositions relatives aux « obstacles techniques au commerce » (autrement dit, les règlements techniques, les normes et les procédures d’évaluation de la conformité) d’un échantillon d’accords commerciaux bilatéraux et régionaux ainsi que leur degré de similarité et de convergence avec l'Accord de l’OMC sur les obstacles techniques au commerce

Conference on the Food Economy: Global Issues and Challenges

06-Jul-2007

On 18-19 October 2007 the OECD Directorate of Trade and Agriculture, the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality and the Dutch Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI - Wageningen UR) organise the 2nd Conference on the policy and research agenda of the future food supply chain, in The Hague, The Netherlands

Growing bio-fuel demand underpinning higher agriculture prices, says joint OECD-FAO report

04-Jul-2007

Increased demand for bio-fuels is causing fundamental changes to agricultural markets that could drive up world prices for many farm products, according to a new report published by the OECD and the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Linkages between foreign direct investment, trade and trade policy - An economic analysis with application to the food sector in OECD countries and case studies in Ghana, Mozambique, Tunisia and Uganda

24-Apr-2007

OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 50.  Through empirical analysis and case studies, this document explores the relationships amongst foreign direct investment, trade and trade-related policies in OECD and four African countries.

Farm support low in major emerging markets but protectionist pressure rising - OECD report

15-Mar-2007

Government support to agriculture is far lower in the major emerging economies than on average in the developed countries of the OECD. But it is nevertheless rising as pressure mounts to protect farmers in an increasingly competitive global marketplace, says a new OECD report.

Success for Doha trade talks still possible, say OECD, WTO experts at Buenos Aires meeting

03-Nov-2006

A successful outcome from the currently suspended Doha Development Round of WTO trade negotiations is still possible, according to experts meeting in Buenos Aires on 10 -11 October 2006, but agriculture remains a key issue of difficulty.


Events

Talks on Latin American agricultural trade liberalisation aim to renew Doha Round impetus - Press conference in Buenos Aires 11 October 2006

on 11-Oct-2006

An attempt to bridge some of the divisions that led to the breakdown of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations earlier this year has been made in Buenos Aires on 10 and 11 October 2006, at an international conference on agriculture policies organised by the OECD, World Trade Organisation and Inter-American Development Bank  A press conference held at 12:30 on Wednesday 11 October at the venue of the meeting



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