This bi-annual event is co-organised by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, EUI; TED University Trade Research Center, Ankara; the Trade Policy Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and the World Trade Institute, Bern. 

The conference will take place on 8-9 October in Paris, France, hosted by the OECD and in synergy with the Policy Workshop for the 10th anniversary of the OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) on 9 October.

The theme of the conference is economic and international political economy analysis of trade and investment in services. Papers with an empirical component and related to any aspect of international trade and investment in services will be presented, covering the following topics:

• Services trade, structural transformation, and economic development; 

• Services tradability, digitalisation, and technology; 

• Labour market effects of internationalisation of services activities; 

• Services trade and environmental sustainability; 

• Patterns and determinants of comparative advantage in services trade. 

Scientific Committee:

Matteo Fiorini | OECD

Joseph Francois | University of Bern & CEPR

Bernard Hoekman | EUI & CEPR

Nazire Nergiz Dinçer | TEDU-TRC

Ayça Tekin-Koru | TEDU-TRC