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OECD Regulatory Policy Working Papers

This series gathers together OECD working papers on the tools, governance and institutions of better regulation and their impact on policy outcomes. It includes both technical and analytical material, prepared by staff and experts in the field. Together, the papers provide valuable context and background for OECD publications on regulatory policy and governance.

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Good regulatory practices and co-operation in trade agreements

A historical perspective and stocktaking

This paper presents a stocktaking of standalone chapters in trade agreements dedicated to good regulatory practices and international regulatory co-operation. While standalone regulatory policy chapters in trade agreements remain a new development, they signal countries’ increasing interest in elevating the visibility and ambition of regulatory policy, in line with their commitments in the 2012 OECD Recommendation of the Council on Regulatory Policy and Governance and the 2005 APEC-OECD Integrated Checklist on Regulatory Reform. Still, the level of ambition of these chapters varies widely depending on the state of play of regulatory policy in trading partners. By comparing the main substantive and structural features of these chapters, this stocktaking aims to inform the development of similar chapters in future trade agreements.

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Keywords: regulatory policy, trade agreements, USMCA, international regulatory co-operation, CETA, good regulatory practices, CPTPP, Pacific Alliance
JEL: K2: Law and Economics / Regulation and Business Law; K33: Law and Economics / Other Substantive Areas of Law / International Law; H11: Public Economics / Structure and Scope of Government / Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government; F10: International Economics / Trade / Trade: General
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