Trade Committee

OECD work on trade shapes international policymaking by raising awareness about barriers to fair international competition – be it through research on resilient supply chains, the flow of services, or digital trade. Building on its evidence-based analysis, the OECD provides Trade Ministers and senior officials with actionable policy recommendations, thereby influencing the world’s most important economies. As a community of “like-minded” market-based democracies, the OECD closely engages with other international fora - including the WTO, G7 and G20, UNCTAD and APEC.

• Fostering a predictable, open, rules-based trading system, and WTO Reform 

• Addressing the robustness, risks and resilience of international trade 

• Enabling digital trade and cross-border data flows 

• Advancing the agenda on trade and the environment 

• Underlining the benefits of trade and making trade work for all  

Business at OECD’s Trade Committee acts as the private sector focal point for OECD work on trade policy. Based on members’ on–the–ground expertise, Business at OECD highlights specific problems, barriers, and protectionist measures, conveys consensus positions and priorities for trade policy formulation, and provides business thought leadership on emerging supply chain trends, underlining the benefits of open markets. Business at OECD’s Trade Committee meets bi–annually in Paris, convenes additional thematic ad-hoc sessions, and organises events in partnership with the OECD. 

• OECD’s Trade Committee 

• OECD’s Global Forum on Trade 

• OECD’s Working Party of the Trade Committee 

• OECD’s Joint Working Party on Trade and the Environment