Trading

International trade statistics: trends in fourth quarter 2011

Total imports of G7 and BRICS countries shrank by 0.2%, following the 0.7% fall recorded in the previous quarter.

OECD Insights: Trade and innovation (Roses are red, violets are blue, here is an Insights blog, just for you)

It’s Valentine’s Day (wasn’t it Saint Valentine’s Day at one time?) and here at this most romantic of international organisations we’re happy to see lovers the world over celebrating causes so close to ...

OECD Global Forum on Competition with news briefing on competition policy – 09.00 a.m. Thursday 16 February 2012

Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, Pascal Lamy, WTO Director-General, and Otaviano Canuto, World Bank Vice-President, will open the 11th OECD Global Forum on Competition at 09.00 a.m. on Thursday 16 February 2012.

Structural Change in Commodity Markets: Have Agricultural Markets Become Thinner?

Market thinness, where there are few buying or selling offers, can contribute to price volatility. Contrary to general assumptions, agricultural commodity markets have not become 'thinner', according to this study of trade in selected commodities from 1970 to 2010.