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  Taking liberties: poor people, free trade and trade justice

  Christian Aid, 2004

  This report looks at the negative impacts of trade policies forced upon poor people by rich nations and global institutions. With examples from Asia, Africa and Latin America it also show a possible way forward.
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  International trade, livelihoods and food security in developing countries

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper examines the links between trade reform and food security.The paper also proposes data collection methods for countries wishing to target livelihood activities and food security. The paper makes the following main points:
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  Winners and losers in a Free Trade Area between the United States and MERCOSUR

  Instituto de Economia, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, 2003

  In international trade negotiations, a priority objective for MERCOSUR countries is to improve their market access conditions in high income countries such as the US, so as to achieve better export performance. The planned Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is expected to provide this benefit.
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  Towards an East Asian free trade area

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2003

  This paper discusses the process and effects of East Asian countries embracing free trade agreements (FTA), with the removal of tariffs and non-tariff barriers on international trade between member countries.
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  What would trade justice look like? Our priority policy demands

  Trade Justice Movement, 2004

  This document outlines the priorities for 2004/5 of the trade justice movement (TJM), a coalition of high profile NGOs campaigning for fairer trade rules.
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  Comparing EU free trade agreements: investment

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  This paper discusses and compares a number of free trade agreements the EU holds, namely, The Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements, EU-Mexico Global Agreement and the EU-Chile Association AgreementAmong the authors findings are:All EU Free Trade Agreements stop short of including protection provisions such as expropriation and compensation clausesdisagreement between EU Membe
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  Impact of trade liberalisation on Philippine corn prices

  SANREM CRSP West Africa, 2003

  This paper analyses Philippine corn prices and the policy environment for the crop in terms of import policies, tariffs, and other trade policies embodied in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade-World Trade Organization (GATT-WTO).Comparative analysis of trends between the pre-GATT years (1990-1995) and the post-GATT years (1996-2000) was done for the highest corn-producing regions in the
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  International investment perspectives

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  The articles in the report cover a wide range of investment topics, the highlights of which include:foreign direct investment (FDI) in the OCED continued to fall in 2003. This appears to be due to the sluggish macroeconomic performance of many of the larger OCED economies, not least Europe.
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  The disease of the day: acute treatyitis: the myths and consequences of free trade agreements with the US

  GRAIN, 2004

  While the World Trade Organization (WTO) (following the failure of negotiations in Cancun) and FTAA have been said to be floundering, the paper argues that another epidemic of 'treatyitis' has been spreading, that is the flourishing of bilateral free trade agreements initiated by the US, EU, Australia, Canada, and the Asia-Pacific economic block.The paper argues that this is an attempt to speed
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  Fifty years of regional inequality in China: a journey through central planning, reform, and openness

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2004

  This study makes an attempt at understanding the driving forces behind the changes in China’s regional inequality. It constructs and analyses a long-run time-series for regional inequality in China from the Communist Revolution to the present.

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