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Friends of the Chair group on International Trade and Economic Globalization. Ronald Jansen Chief, Trade Statistics Branch, UNSD/DESA New York jansen1@un.org. 1. Background. Pascal Lamy, Director-General of WTO Walter Radermacher, Chief Statistician of the European Union
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Friends of the Chair group on International Trade and Economic Globalization Ronald Jansen Chief, Trade Statistics Branch, UNSD/DESA New York jansen1@un.org 1 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Background • Pascal Lamy, Director-General of WTO • Walter Radermacher, Chief Statistician of the European Union • Global Forum on Trade Statistics, Feb 2011 • UNSD • Eurostat • WTO • UNCTAD 2 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Policy Questions • What does each country along a global value chain contribute to the value of a final product? • How much employment is created through this value addition? • What is the effect of trade and investment on innovation and knowledge transfer? 3 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Replies from statistical community • UN Statistical Commission Report E/CN.3/2013/7 • Eurostat Report on ‘Global Value Chains and Economic Globalization’ • OECD-WTO initiative on Trade in Value-Added • UNECE Handbook on Global Production • UNCTAD, WIR 2013 on Global Value Chains 4 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Reply from the UN Statistical Commission – Friends of the Chair group • Mandate: Prepare a concept paper • on the scope and content of the measurement of international trade and economic globalization • on an appropriate mechanism for coordination Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
FOC member countries and agencies: Moderator: Statistics Canada Europe: Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Italy America: Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, USA Africa: Morocco, Cape Verde, South Africa, Uganda Asia: China, India, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Iran Pacific: New Zealand Agencies: Eurostat, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, WTO, UNSD Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Actions • Invitation to join FOC, 26 Mar 2013 • Virtual Meeting, 1-30 June 2013 • E-mail exchange, 12-16 June 2013 • First draft Concept Paper, 5 August 2013 • Progress Report to group on 14 August 2013 7 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Concept Paper 8 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Concept Paper 9 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Concept Paper 11 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
ISI WSC 2013, STS 024 – 27 Aug 2013 New Ways to Measure GVCs • Eurostat – presenting Tim sturgeon’s work • UNSD – linking Trade and Business Register • WTO – Made in the World Initiative and Trade in Value-Added • Denmark – Outsourcing of Business Functions • OECD - Discussant 12 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Way Forward • Face to Face Meeting, 6-8 Nov, New York • Report to the Statistical Commission, Nov-Dec 2013 • Background Document – Concept Paper of the Friends of the Chair Group, Feb 2014 13 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization
Thank you Ronald Jansen jansen1@un.org 14 Friends of the Chair Group on Internationalization