Overcoming Border Bottlenecks
Overcoming Border Bottlenecks

Author: OECD. Publishing

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 9786612103025

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International trade has grown rapidly in recent years, thanks in part to the progressive reduction of tariffs and quotas through successive rounds of multilateral trade liberalisation. However, this progress brings to light one of the remaining weak links of international trade, which prevents countries from drawing full benefits from the advantages of open global markets: border bottlenecks generated by inefficient, outdated and complex trade procedures and formalities. This book brings together six studies that examine to what extent and in which ways the costs of inefficient border processe.

Trade Facilitation and the Global Economy
Trade Facilitation and the Global Economy

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2018-05-30

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9264277579

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This report discusses the benefits of trade facilitation - meant to promote transparent, predictable and straightforward border procedures so as to expedite the movement of goods. The OECD Trade Facilitation indicators provide a powerful tool for assessing the impact of related reforms and moni

Trade Perspectives in the Context of Safety, Security, Privacy and Loyalty
Trade Perspectives in the Context of Safety, Security, Privacy and Loyalty

Author: Blaženka Knežević

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-01-23

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1527526860

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This book represents the work of a team of theorists and practitioners from various Central and Eastern European countries who offer a multidisciplinary approach to security and safety issues which companies in international and domestic trade, as well as consumers, are facing nowadays. Contributions range from the topics of terrorism and piracy, various aspects of theft and theft prevention, to the challenges of security and privacy in electronic and mobile commerce. Therefore, the book is a powerful resource in solving problems because it not only considers security, privacy, and ethical issues, among others, but also discusses how to prevent them before they occur.

Trade Costs
Trade Costs

Author: Evdokia Moïsé

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13:

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Understanding trade costs is essential for formulating policy interventions designed to reduce such costs. This report synthesises all OECD work on cost factors across the entire trade chain. These factors can be located behind the border, such as non-tariff regulatory measures, market access restrictions, trade finance availability and costs and general impediments on doing business; crossing the border, such as documentation and customs compliance requirements, lengthy administrative procedures and other delays; and in all stages of the international trade chain, such as transport infrastructure and logistics. The report proposes a series of questions to help identify priority areas, taking into account country specificities. The strong interdependencies between cost factors, magnified by the prevalence of global value chains, mean that policies to address costs and facilitate trade need to be undertaken in a comprehensive manner, although the cost-benefit ratio of certain trade facilitation reforms, particularly at the border, may offer immediate and significant benefits.