International trade is changing. Goods and services are increasingly broken up into tasks and traded in global value chains. Exports are to a large extent made up of imports. Another important development is the “servicification” of manufacturing, which means that manufacturing industries buy, produce and sell more and more services.
These changes also have important implications for trade policy. Which policies can best promote open and free trade in view of these new business models? What should be the focus of an agency like ours, and how should trade negotiations respond? The National Board of Trade has contributed to this debate in a number of reports, looking at different aspects of the new trading landscapes.
Servicification on the Internal Market – a regulatory perspective.The case of customisation by 3D printing.
Trade Costs of Visas and Work Permits - a Trade Facilitation Perspective on Movement of PersonsNo Transfer, No Production– a Report on Cross-border Data Transfers, Global Value Chains, and the Production of Goods
Making Green Trade Happen
No transfer, no trade - the Importance of Cross-Border Data Transfers for Companies Based in Sweden
Global Value Chains and Developing Countries - an introduction
Just Add Services – a case study on servicification and the agri-food sector
Global Value Chains and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Minecraft Brick by Brick – A Case Study of a Global Services Value Chain
Global Value Chains and Services – An Introduction
Everybody is in Services - The Impact of Servification in Manufacturing on Trade and Trade Policy
Business Reality and Trade Policy – Closing the Gap
Made in Sweden?
Servicification of Swedish manufacturing
At Your Service
Adding value to the European economyGlobal Value Chains in EU Anti-Dumping Practice