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Searching with a thematic focus on WTO, Trade Policy, Corporate Social Responsibility

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  Trade and the need to apply international corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2005

  This paper identifies the differences, similarities and gaps between the trade, investment and corporate social responsibility agendas. It specifically aims to come up with concrete policy proposals in the areas of CSR, investment and trade policies at the (inter) governmental level.
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  Who reaps the fruit?: critical issues in the fresh fruit and vegetable chain

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006

  The report critically analyses the influence of trade and distribution on production and production conditions in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable sector.
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  Under the influence: exposing undue corporate influence over policy-making at the WTO

  ActionAid International, 2006

  This report highlights many examples of privileged corporate access to, and excessive influence over, the WTO policy-making process.
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  Getting workers’ interests on the WTO agenda: an action guide for trade unionists

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  In the run up to the WTO’s 6th Ministerial Conference in December 2005 in Hong Kong, this trade union action guide provides background information as well as a number of tools with which to exert pressure on national governments and trade negotiators to ensure that the concerns trade unionists share globally about the latest round of negotiations are dealt with.
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  Combating biopiracy: the legal way

  India Together, 2005

  This editorial examines issues surrounding biopiracy in India.
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  Competition policy in the WTO and FTAA: a trojan horse for international trade negotiations

  Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2003

  At first glace, competition policy appears to be a contribution to good governance, reigning in abuses of market power.
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  Globalizing embedded liberalism: some lessons for the WTO's 'development' round from the New International Economic Order (NIEO)

  Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, 2003

  Over the past four decades, efforts have been made at the United Nations to overcome the asymmetrical structure of world trade and distribute the benefits from participation in the trading system more equally.
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  The Emperor’s new clothes: why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement

  Oxfam, 2003

  This paper argues that despite EU members and other rich countries failing to fulfil their obligations from previous WTO negotiations, they are nonetheless pressuring developing countries to accept new investment rules in the next Round that they do not need and cannot afford.
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  How important are market access issues for developing countries in the Doha agenda?

  Centre for Research in Economic Development and International Trade, Nottingham, 2002

  The aim of this paper is that of going "back to basics", focusing on the importance of market access issues for developing countries in the WTO negotiations begun in Doha in 2001.The paper attempts to address the following questions:will developing countries gain from further reducing their applied rates in agriculture?Would be in their interest adding industrial goods among the sec
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  WTO and product-related environmental standards

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003

  This article examines, in the Indian context, the issues of the linkage between exports from developing countries and the regulatory standards set by developed-country importers for food safety, quality and environmental norms.

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