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  Internationally recognised core labour standards in the Philippines

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This paper reports on progress in the eight ILO core labour standards that have been ratified by the Philippines, noting that there are still obstacles to their realisation in practice.
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  The changing landscape of regional trade agreements

  World Trade Organization, 2005

  The objective of this paper is to picture the evolving landscape of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) and to provide a brief update on recent developments, trends and directions.The paper looks at main trends and characteristics of Regional Trade Agreements and explores why and how countries engage in RTAs:RTAs are becoming increasingly complex, in many cases establishing regulatory tra
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  Ten Years of the WTO: subordinating development to free trade

  Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2005

  This paper critically looks back at 10 years of the World Trade Organisation. It argues that the WTO’s impact on the world’s poor has been overwhelmingly negative.
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  Ten Years of the WTO: A success story of global governance

  Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2005

  This paper is part of a series that mark 10 years of the WTO. The paper is supportive of the WTO, arguing that it is the most democratic international body in existence today,and the key to managing a globalising world when democracy remains rooted in the nation-state.The paper argues that the WTO is a democratic institution because:The WTO is not imposed on countries.
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  Agricultural trade reform and the Doha development agenda

  World Bank, 2005

  This working paper examines the extent to which various regions, and the world as a whole, could gain from multilateral trade reform over the next decade.
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  A round for free: how rich countries are getting a free ride on agricultural subsidies at the WTO

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper argues that previous WTO policies have failed to cut subsidies that lead to dumping, and that the the Doha Round of negotiations is again giving rich countries a free ride to continue dumping subsidised produce on poor countries. Meanwhile, developing countries will lose many concessions, such as in market access.
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  Making WTO membership work for Viet Nam: globalization as critical discourse

  Mekonginfo, 2005

  This paper asks what mechanisms are at work to turn formerly ant-capitalist leaders of Vietnam into supporters of globalisation. It concludes that globalisation is in fact a critical – liberating – discourse, providing the poor with positive examples of progress and embuing them with the 'capacity to aspire'.
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  Trading up: how international trade and efficient domestic markets can contribute to African development

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This brief examines market access in the context of international trade and related domestic policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).The brief finds that policies affecting trade arise at three levels:multilateral forum of the World Trade Organization (WTO)regional trade agreements (RTAs)unilateral decisions of nationsAt each level, key questions can be asked, such as: what
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  Agricultural trade policy made easy: making sense of trade policy for farmers, policymakers and the public

  Centre for International Economics, Australia, 2005

  This booklet on agricultural trade policy aims to make sense of the complex concepts and processes of agricultural policy for farmers, policymakers and the public.
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  The Doha deindustrialisation agenda: non-agricultural market access negotiations at the WTO

  War on Want, 2005

  This brief critically assessed the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations currently conducted at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).The brief finds that:NAMA negotiations are being rushed forward in order to achieve an ambitious level of trade liberalisation for the benefit of the world’s richest countriesthey are also designed to achieve the opening of industrial and ma

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