Trade

Public Statements and Positions

April 2006	Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times from BIAC Secretary General Thomas R. Vant, "Doha: let us get away Tom realm of one-upmanship"
April 2006	BIAC Letter to OECD Trade Ministers
November 2005	BIAC Message to OECD Trade Ministers in advance of Hong Kong WTO Ministerial
October 2005	BIAC Position Paper: Why Business regards Officially Supported Export Credits as necessary
October 2005	BIAC Discussion Paper on Supply Chain Management
September 2005	Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times from BIAC Secretary General Thomas R. Vant, "Business Backs Crucial Need for Doha Breakthrough"
August 2005	OECD Business Calls on New WTO Leader to Breathe Life into Stalled World Trade Talks
May 2005	BIAC Statement to the OECD Council Meeting at Ministerial Level I. Investment Challenges in the Energy Sector II. Meeting the Challenges of Globalisation and Structural Adjustment
February 2005	BIAC Priorities for the WTO Doha Negotiations and Recommendations to the OECD
October 2004	BIAC Statement for the Sixth Consultations with the OECD Trade Committee I. BIAC Priorities for the WTO Doha Negotiations II. Trade, Global Sourcing and Structural Adjustment: Policies to Promote Growth and Employment
May 2004	Statement of the OECD Business Community to OECD Trade Ministers: Revitalising the WTO Doha Round Urgent
May 2004	BIAC Statement to the OECD Council Meeting at Ministerial Level I. Trade, Global Sourcing and Structural Adjustment: Policies to Promote Growth and Employment II. Strengthening Growth in an Era of Demographic Change: Facing the Challenges of Ageing Societies
April 2004	BIAC Statement on EU Enlargement and International Trade New Challenges for Business presented to the PKPP/BIAC Conference in Warsaw
April 2004	BIAC Discussion Paper on Reforming Agricultural Trade: Towards an Open Agricultural Market and Sustainable Growth
January 2004	BIAC Business Brief on Common Approaches on Export Credits and the Environment
December 2003	BIAC Statement on "Trade, Investment and Growth Post-Cancn: What Role for the OECD?"
October 2003	BIAC Statement for the Fifth Consultations with the OECD Trade Committee
June 2003	BIAC Statement on "Liberalisation of Non-Agricultural Tariff Barriers"
April 2003	BIAC Discussion Paper on Innovation and Global Sustainable Growth - See Chapter II: From International Trade to Innovation
February 2003	BIAC Priorities for the WTO Doha Negotiations and Recommendations to the OECD
July 2002	BIAC Statement on "General Industry Objectives for Trade Negotiations Relating to Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce"
November 2001	BIAC Statement on "The Challenge of Economic Recovery in a Dramatically Changed Environment; Doha: What's Next?"
October 2001	BIAC Statement on Trade and Sustainable Growth
August 2001	BIAC Discussion Paper on "Agricultural Trade and the OECD: An Opportunity to Build an Open, Efficient and Safe Food System"
April 2001	BIAC Statement on Export Credits and the Environment
March 2001	Letter from BIAC to newly elected OECD Trade Committee Chairman, Mr. Luzius Wasescha
October 2000	BIAC Statement on Priorities for OECD and WTO Work
December 1998	An Open and Efficient Global Food System
June 1998	BIAC Statement on Government Procurement
June 1998	BIAC Statement on OECD Work on Trade in Services
June 1998	Priorities for OECD and WTO Work: BIAC Submission on Trade-Related Issues to the OECD