Parcels trade: the good, the bad, and the ugly

“What do a clothing designer and a manufacturer of counterfeit medications have in common? For Praew, an up-and-coming clothing designer who runs Lanna Clothes Design in Thailand, and Paul, who manufactures and sells fake medicines to customers around the world, it’s simple: both rely on e-commerce to grow their business and send hundreds of parcels to customers overseas every month.”

Among the latest trade-related publications from the OECD, available through the WTO’s subscription to the OECD iLibrary, read more about the intricacies of parcels and the work done by customs officials worldwide to ensure that legal goods cross borders expeditiously, while illicit or illegal goods do not.

The full piece is available from the OECD here: https://www.oecd.org/trade/parcels-trade-good-bad-ugly

Curious for more of the latest from OECD on trade? Visit the OECD portal on trade here, access OECD publications and papers, and review, download or visualize data.

New publications from OECD, mid January 2019

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Understanding the Drivers of Trust in Government Institutions in Korea
• OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2018: Adapting to Technological and Societal Disruption
• Managing the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus in Korea: Policies and Governance Options (OECD Studies on Water series)
• Consumption Tax Trends 2018: VAT/GST and Excise Rates, Trends and Policy Issue
• Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2019: Towards Smart Urban Transportation
• Perspectives on Global Development 2019: Rethinking Development Strategies
• Social Protection System Review: A Toolkit (OECD Development Policy Tools series)
• Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2019: Time to Face the Challenge
• Stemming the Superbug Tide: Just a Few Dollars More (OECD Health Policy Studies series)
• Human Acceleration of the Nitrogen Cycle: Managing Risks and Uncertainty
• OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Portugal (Volume I: Inland and Maritime Transports and Ports, Volume II: Self-Regulated Professions)
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: European Union 2018
• OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Cambodia 2018
• OECD Economic Surveys: Spain 2018
• OECD Economic Outlook (volume 2018, issue 2)
• OECD Journal on Budgeting (volume 18, issue 2)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, mid-November 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Australian Services Trade in the Global Economy
• Review of International Regulatory Co-operation of Mexico
• SMEs in Public Procurement: Practices and Strategies for Shared Benefits (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Flexibility and Proportionality in Corporate Governance (Corporate Governance series)
• Road and Rail Infrastructure in Asia: Investing in Quality (Development Dimension series)
• Economic Effects of Public Stockholding Policies for Rice in Asia
• OECD Economic Surveys: United States 2018, Indonesia 2018

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, late October 2018

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• The Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa 2018: Interim Assessment of Key SME Reforms (SME Policy Index series)
• Good Regulatory Practices to Support Small and Medium Enterprises in Southeast Asia
• Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in the Netherlands (OECD Skills Studies series)
• SME & Entrepreneurship Policy in Indonesia 2018 (OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship series)
• Access to Justice for Business and Inclusive Growth in Latvia
• Innovation, Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability in China (OECD Food and Agricultural Reviews series)
• Enhancing Connectivity through Transport Infrastructure: The Role of Official Development Finance and Private Investment (Development Dimension series)
• Energy Subsidy Reform in the Republic of Moldova: Energy Affordability, Fiscal and Environmental Impacts (Green Finance and Investment series)
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: France 2018, Canada 2018, Czech Republic 2018
• OECD Business and Financial Outlook 2018
• OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2018
• OECD Journal of Budgeting (volume 2018, issue 1)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

Library acquisitions — October 2017

We are pleased to present our list of selected new acquisitions from October 2017. You can send your requests to Web.Librarian@wto.org.

The list is also available on Library’s website: http://intranet/__resources/library/_en/new_for_you_new_books.html.

For continuous updates on the latest trade news, don’t forget to check out the “Latest in trade” RSS feed: http://intranet/en/resources/library/library.htm

Kind regards,

Your WTO Library Team

Covers	Title, Authors/Editor details, WTO catalogue records email request links	Previews
	Form in intellectual property law / David Booton. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926857 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/5ro5b9
	Global agriculture and the American farmer : opportunities for US leadership / Kimberly Ann Elliott. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926895 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/eNbuQT
	Globalization and animal law : comparative law, international law and international trade / Thomas G. Kelch. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926974 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/BdgTvA
	Grave new world : the end of globalization, the return of history / Stephen D. King. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926919 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/FiwGSE
	Handbook on growth and sustainability / edited by Peter A. Victor, Brett Dolter. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926706 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/jJLSRH
	Intellectual property rights and climate change : interpreting the TRIPS agreement for environmentally sound technologies / Wei Zhuang. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926813 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/dvqhM2
	International investment arbitration : substantive principles / Campbell McLachlan, Laurence Shore, Matthew Weiniger. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1925550 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/nxYfXV
	The international law on foreign investment / M. Sornarajah. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926917 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview unavailable
	Legal aspects of Brexit : implications of the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union / [edited by] Jennifer A. Hillman and Gary Horlick. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926736 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Full-text: https://goo.gl/vKHkn5
	The profit of the earth : the global seeds of American agriculture / Courtney Fullilove. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926827 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/7Gw32d
	Regulating transport in Europe / edited by Matthias Finger, Torben Holvad. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926932 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/6XAXbP
	Research handbook on intellectual property exhaustion and parallel imports / edited by Irene Calboli, Edward Lee. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926862 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/gth6zS
	The use of economics in international trade and investment disputes / edited by Marion Jansen, Joost Pauwelyn and Theresa Carpenter. WTO catalogue : http://wto.aquabrowser.com/?itemid=|WTO-Marc|1926821 Request: web.librarian@wto.org	Preview: https://goo.gl/cJdQmu

 

New publications from OECD, late October 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Women’s Economic Empowerment in Selected MENA Countries: The Impact of Legal Frameworks in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia (Competitiveness and Private Sector Development series)
• Multi-Dimensional Review of Panama: Volume 1: Initial Assessment (OECD Development Pathways series)
• Driving Performance at Mexico’s Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment (The Governance of Regulators series)
• Driving Performance at Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (The Governance of Regulators series)
• Driving Performance at Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (The Governance of Regulators series)
• Global Trade Without Corruption: Fighting the Hidden Tariff
• OECD Integrity Review of Coahuila, Mexico: Restoring Trust Through an Integrity System (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Towards an Open Government in Kazakhstan (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Gender Policy Delivery in Kazakhstan (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Evidence-based Policy Making for Youth Well-being: A Toolkit (OECD Development Policy Tools series)
• Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Ireland (OECD Skills Studies series)
• Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Poland (OECD Skills Studies series)
• Improving Domestic Financial Support Mechanisms in Moldova’s Water and Sanitation Sector (OECD Studies on Water series)
• Promoting Clean Urban Public Transportation and Green Investment in Kazakhstan (Green Finance and Investment series)
• OECD Budget Transparency Toolkit: Practical Steps for Supporting Openness, Integrity and Accountability in Public Finance Management
• Development Co-operation Report 2017: Data for Development
• OECD Development Co-operation Peer Reviews: Luxembourg 2017
• OECD Economic Surveys: United Kingdom 2017
• Road Safety Annual Report 2017
• OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2017

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.

New publications from OECD, mid March 2017

New OECD publications have been uploaded to the OECD iLibrary, a comprehensive digital repository of books, papers, and statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Titles recently added include:

• Behavioural Insights and Public Policy: Lessons from Around the World
• Accrual Practices and Reform Experiences in OECD Countries
• OECD Integrity Review of Peru: Enhancing Public Sector Integrity for Inclusive Growth (OECD Public Governance Reviews series)
• Public Private Partnerships for Transport Infrastructure: Renegotiations and Economic Outcomes (ITF Roundtable Reports series)
• Ex-Post Assessment of Transport Investments and Policy Interventions (ITF Roundtable Reports series)
• OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Estonia 2017
• OECD Economic Surveys: India 2017 and Australia 2017
• Economic Studies (volume 2016, issue 1)

These volumes and more are accessible from the OECD iLibrary by WTO staff and WTO Library patrons.