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OECD Trade Policy Papers

This series is designed to make available to a wider readership selected trade policy studies prepared for use within the OECD.

NB. No. 1 to No. 139 were released under the previous series title OECD Trade Policy Working Papers.

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Measuring distortions in international markets: The rolling-stock value chain

Government support to producers of rolling stock is raising concerns about possible market distortions and unfair competition. This report aims to quantify both the scale of government support and to identify the various ways in which governments have been supporting local rolling-stock producers at the expense of foreign competitors. Over the period 2016-20, governments provided about USD 5 billion to the sector, much of it in the form of government grants and income tax concessions. While not quantified, discriminatory practices in government procurement and competition enforcement, forced technology transfers, as well as non-market export credits may have also distorted global competition in the rail-supply industry. Similar to earlier OECD studies of government support in the aluminium and semiconductor value chains, this report helps shed light on the magnitude and ways in which governments subsidise the producers of materials and equipment they view as strategic, with a view to informing efforts to revisit global trade rules.

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Keywords: Competition, Procurement, Signalling, Subsidies, Trade, Rail
JEL: L62: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Manufacturing / Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment; H25: Public Economics / Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue / Business Taxes and Subsidies; H81: Public Economics / Miscellaneous Issues / Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts; F13: International Economics / Trade / Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations; L52: Industrial Organization / Regulation and Industrial Policy / Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods; O25: Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth / Development Planning and Policy / Industrial Policy; F23: International Economics / International Factor Movements and International Business / Multinational Firms; International Business
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