Trade
OECD work on trade seeks to make sense of how the global trade system can help contribute to better lives.
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Services Trade in Indonesia
Services and services trade play an increasingly important role in Indonesia’s economy as they represent new sources of growth, job creation, and overall wellbeing. This study explores patterns, policies, and reform scenarios of Indonesian services...
OECD Inventory of Export Restrictions on Industrial Raw Materials 2024
The OECD Inventory on Export Restrictions on Industrial Raw Materials reveals a concerning trend in which export restrictions are becoming at once increasingly prevalent and more prohibitive. Given the high degree of interdependency in the global...
Digital trade and labour markets in the United Kingdom
The contribution of services in the United Kingdom (UK) to exports, value added, and employment is one of the highest amongst OECD countries. UK employment also depends strongly on exports of digital services: in 2019 the jobs of around 3.2 million...
Making the most out of digital trade in the United Kingdom
The digital transformation is having a profound impact on the international trade of the United Kingdom (UK). Digital trade exports have grown three times faster than other exports and now represent more than half of total exports, twice the OECD and...
Multimedia
How to make supply chains more resilient with the OECD’s Marion Jansen
The last two years have seen unprecedented disruptions in global supply chains, brought about by a perfect storm of causes, with wide geopolitical implications that look to continue well into the future.
Statistics
International Trade by Commodity Statistics, Volume 2023 Issue 4
This reliable source of yearly data covers a wide range of statistics on international trade of OECD countries and provides detailed data in value by commodity and by partner country...
Focus
OECD Policy Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19)
What are the impacts and consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on our lives and our societies - our healthcare systems, our jobs and education, our businesses, financial markets and economies.