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DO BILATERAL AND REGIONAL APPROACHES FOR REDUCING TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE CONVERGE TOWARDS THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM ? Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 18 October 2007. This paper is a Trade Policy Working Paper, which examines provisions regarding technical barriers to trade in selected bilateral and regional trade agreements. The paper then reviews to what extent such provisions go beyond the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. Internet: http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/linkto/tad-tc-wp(2007)12-final

BUSINESS PERCEPTIONS OF NON-TARIFF BARRIERS (NTBs) FACING TADE IN SELECTED ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 20 September 2007. This report documents the incidence and impact of non-tariff measures that are perceived to act as barriers to trade in seven sectors of environmental goods and associated services. Internet: http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2006doc.nsf/linkto/com-env-td(2006)48-final

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2007 - TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT INDEX. UN Centre for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), October 2007. It provides a quantitative indication and an analytical framework to identify how well trade and development policies of developing countries allow them to maximize benefits and minimize costs from trade liberalisation and globalisation, and achieve the ultimate goal of people´s well being. The TDI framework brings country specific realities to the forefront by identifying structural, institutional, financial, trade policy and development measures and strategies, identifying gaps and pointing to policy options to overcome bottlenecks to trade and development in order to allow developing countries to meaningfully benefit from trade liberalization and globalization. Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=14687&year=2007&month=11