Full Coverage: Trade

27.06.2006 This report is a comprehensive collection of twelve research papers on trade- related topics relevant to the development concerns of South Asian countries .Each paper deal with different aspects of the debate surrounding trade and development issues in South Asia.

15.06.2006 In the past few weeks global trade talks have been dealt a series of stunning blows. President Bush appointed his chief trade negotiator, Rob Portman, Budget Director. The move was widely viewed as a shift in the administrationÂ’s priorities to focus on internal matters rather than the conclusion of the Doha Round.

14.06.2006 Last year, the UK government promised to stop forcing poor countries to open up their markets. But it supports two large international institutions, the IMF and World Bank, which continue to do just that. Drum home the trade justice message to the government this summer... join the campaign drumming petition.

13.06.2006 In the field of education there emerged various compulsions in the public provision of education, which have given rise to the growth of private educational institutions in the last two decades. The emergence of foreign education providers in India is an offshoot to the process of privatization and globalization of educational institutions.

12.06.2006 Rich countries led by the United States have cheated the developing countries under the garb of the Doha Development Round of WTO.This was stated by head of the trade justice campaign, Actionaid Pakistan, Mustafa Talpur at a press conference.

08.06.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, June 8 (OneWorld) - U.S. military and economic might in South Korea are being called into question this week as villagers launched a hunger strike to protest a U.S. military base expansion that would force them from their lands and farmers' unions demonstrated in Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement.

05.06.2006 Multinationals such as Nestlé, Unilever, Monsanto, Parmalat, Cargill and Wal-Mart have gained control of the global food chain - all the way from seed to supermarket shelf and are threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of poor farmers and undermining their basic rights. Find out more about the campaign to stop coroporate abuse.