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Briefing paper

Dumping: The Beginning of the End? Implications of the ruling in the Brazil/US cotton dispute

05/08/2004

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese

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Overview

Despite their WTO commitments to reduce trade-distorting subsidies, the European Union and the United States have used loopholes and creative accounting to continue dumping products on world markets. In the case of US cotton subsidies, the dispute settlement body of the WTO concluded that such practices hurt developing countries and are in violation of WTO […]

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Briefing paper

The Rural Poverty Trap: Why agricultural trade rules need to change and what UNCTAD XI could do about it

11/06/2004

4 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

Many developing countries are stagnating or growing poorer, including their farmers, who comprise two-thirds of the world’s poor. Many of the reasons for this lie in systems of agricultural trade, including the rules of the WTO, the unfair trade policies of rich countries, and falling prices on international commodity markets. Oxfam recommends policy reforms to […]

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Research report

Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold

14/11/2003

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Extractives

Overview

A new claim under the investment rules in Chapter 11 of NAFTA has been initiated by Glamis Gold, a Canadian mining company that has demanded $50 million in compensation from the US because of California restrictions on open-pit gold mining. The initiation of the claim reinforces the threats to environmental laws from investment rules, and […]

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Briefing paper

Make Trade Fair in the Americas: Agriculture, Investment and Intellectual Property: Three reasons to say no to the FTAA

01/01/2003

3 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

While poverty, inequality and the concentration of wealth persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, trade and investment agreements are being promoted that would seriously limit the possibilities of development and poverty eradication in the countries of the region. The Free Trade Area of the Americas is an agreement that would favor the interests of […]

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Campaign report

Mugged: Poverty in our coffee cup

01/04/2002

3 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

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Overview

This paper looks at the effect of unfair trade policies on coffee growers in developing countries. 25million coffee growers face severe threats to their livelihoods as a result of declining profit margins linked to the falling price of coffee in the international market. The price of coffee has fallen by 50 percent in the past […]

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Briefing paper

Africa at the Crossroads: Time to deliver

01/03/2002

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese

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Overview

Africa is at a crossroads. Despite the development efforts of the past two decades, Africans are getting poorer. Over 300 million people live on less than US$1 dollar per day. Life expectancy is 48 years and falling. Twenty-eight million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 40 per cent of children are out of school. The […]

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Briefing paper

Angola’s Wealth: Stories of war and neglect

06/09/2001

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

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Overview

After more than three decades of war, the humanitarian situation in Angola is catastrophic. Yet with Angola’s resources in oil and diamonds, it could be one of the richest countries in the developing world. The Angolan government has the responsibility to increase its commitment to humanitarian relief and social spending. In addition, the international community […]

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Briefing paper

Drug Companies vs. Brazil: The threat to public health

01/05/2001

3 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat. International pharmaceutical firms, with the backing of the United States government, are trying to ensure that Brazil has to buy the expensive patented drugs that they manufacture, rather than have access to the cheaper generic drugs that […]

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Briefing paper

EU Association Agreements with Latin America: Good news for those in poverty?

01/05/1999

2 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

This Briefing focuses on the economic dimension of the Association Agreements under discussion between the European Union and Mercosur, Chile and Mexico. These accords will create free trade areas and cover related matters such as intellectual property rights, government procurement, trade in services and capital movements. After examining trade relations between Europe and Latin America […]

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