Hanne Melin of eBay's Public Policy Lab recently attended an annual internal seminar held by Sweden's Trade Ministry. Melin participated in a panel discussing the emergency of a new trade policy map in view of the free trade agreements that are currently under negotiation.
4. Internet överbrygger avstÄnd i handel
2.00
Impact of distance on trade
1.80
1.84
1.60
1.88
1.81
1.40
1.20
1.00
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.42
0.31
0.11
0.00
all countries
developed countries
eBay trade
developing countries
offline trade
4
5. Och möjligheterna till export tas tillvara
100%
97%
97%
98%
96%
Share of firms exporting
90%
80%
67%
70%
59%
60%
50%
40%
28%
30%
15%
20%
10%
15%
4%
0%
5
6. Vi gĂ„r mot en vĂ€rld av âmicro multinationalsâ!
70
Number of different export destinations
61
60
Antal export destinationer
50
46
40
40
36
33
29
30
26
25
29
28
31
29
27
21
30 30
25
24
22
33
32 31
27
23
20
10
2
2
2
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
5
7
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
4
2
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online sellers
traditional firms
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7. Nya aktörer och beteenden
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
Share exporting (%)
average across 8 countries
Number of different destinations
AUS
DEU
FRA
GBR
USA
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10. En handelspolitisk cykel
Möta nya aktörers behov
FĂ„ leverans
Gick det som jag tÀnkt mig
Logistik /
leverera
Vilka marknader /
var finns intresse /
efterfrÄgan
FĂ„ betalning
Mina valmöjligheter
/ utbud
Betala
Hur fungerar
marknaden /
vad gÀller
Vad hÀnder om
nÄgot gÄr fel / vad
kan jag göra
Kan jag lita pÄ sÀljaren / köparen / produkten /
leverans âŠâŠ
Vad innebÀr valen
/ vad har jag att ta
stÀllning till
11. En handelspolitisk cykel
Möta nya aktörers behov: TTIP
Transatlantic delivery and
postal harmonisation
Trusted trader
schemes
One-Stop-Shop
Optional common
rules and formats
Increased and harmonised
customs relief threshold
Transatlantic
consumer rights
Transatlantic
consumer rights
Chart shows share of exporters It compares eBay sellers (with more than USD 10K in annual sales on eBay) for 2010 and traditional firmsData on the traditional firms: Bernard et al. (2007) for US; Eaton et al. (2009) for France; Mayer & Ottaviano (2007)for Germany and UK
Chart showsShare of ebay sellers exportingNumber of destinations ebay sellers in those countries reach on averageeBay sellers with more than USD 10K in sales annual on eBay marketplaceFigures for US refer to 2010, and for Germany (DEU), France (FRA), Great Britain (GBR and Australia (AUS) refer to 2011Figures for the eight countries are from 2012 - the eight countries are:Chile, Peru, Ukraine, Jordan, South Africa, India, Indonesia, Thailand