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    Office of the United States Trade Representative. Responding to the changing global challenge

    Center for American Progress Action Fund, 2009
    This document is the trade chapter in 'Change for America, A Progressive Blueprint for the 44th President' from the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
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    The potential cost of a failed Doha Round

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    This study presents several scenarios regarding the economic costs of a failed Doha Round and a subsequent rush into protectionism. The goal of the study is not to uncover additional benefits associated with the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). But it aims at re-examining the value of an agreement by considering potential gains and losses in a moving landscape of trade policies.
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    What world leaders must do to halt the spread of protectionism

    Centre for Economic Policy Research, London, 2008
    As the global slowdown spreads and deepens, protectionism is back. This e-book collects essays on what global leaders must do to halt the spread of protectionism. The essays which were written with a minimum of coordination provide a consistent response. Essays differ on many points, but three main common messages can be noticed:
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    The missing piece in the Southern African Customs Union’s regional trading arrangements?

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008
    Economic integration has been promoted at the regional level throughout the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Bilaterally and cross-regionally integration, including existing and planned agreements with trading partners are also in progress.
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    African countries and the EPAs: do agriculture safeguards afford adequate protection?

    South Centre, 2008
    The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and African countries are likely to exacerbate the food import surges from Europe. In the EPAs negotiations, tariffs for EU products entering Africa will mostly be brought down to zero.
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    The impact of regulations on agricultural trade: evidence from SPS and TBT agreements

    Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, 2007
    According to World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, countries are allowed to adopt regulations under the Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) agreements.
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    Welcome to the WTO club: where do we go from here?

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2008
    The accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is seen as an opportunity for the acceded country to participate more fully in the global economy. In this sense, this comment paper sheds light on the experiences of Nepal and Cambodia.
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    Undercutting Africa: Economic Partnership Agreements, forests and the European Union’s quest for Africa’s raw materials

    Friends of the Earth, 2008
    The Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) being negotiated by the European Union and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries are causing concern. EPAs threaten to undermine economic development in some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. As a result, many ACP countries are refusing to sign up.
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    EU-China agricultural trade in relation to China's WTO membership

    International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, 2008
    China’s trade with the world doubled after joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO). On the other hand, the European Union (EU) and China are two of the biggest markets in the world, and both are actively trading with each other. China is increasingly becoming an important destination for EU agricultural exporters.
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    The FTA between Peru and the USA: what about Andean peasants?

    Consorcio de Investigación Económica y Social / The Economic and Social Research Consortium, 2008
    The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and the United States (US) is being promoted by the Peruvian government as a win-win situation for all. However, serious concerns about how it will impact peasants and small farmers in the Andean and the Amazonian regions of Peru need to be voiced. This opinion paper examines briefly who these poor peasants are.

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