Full Coverage: Trade

31.01.2007 The United States has asked Bangladesh to re-examine the possibility of restarting negotiations on the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between the two countries.

29.01.2007 Developing countries led by Indonesia, India, and China issued a strong message to the World Economic Forum under way here that they will not allow attempts to dilute the agricultural negotiations in the Doha Round of trade talks by certain industrialised countries, especially the United States.

29.01.2007 Get ready for Fairtrade Fortnight, 26 February–11 March, which will try to exceed last year's score of more than 10,000 events, from fashion shows and football matches, to concerts and exhibitions, with tastings of Fairtrade products in churches, mosques, synagogues, schools, universities, supermarkets and workplaces.
+ 50 Reasons To Buy Fair Trade

25.01.2007 50 Reasons to buy Fair Trade by Miles Litvinoff and John Madeley, published by Pluto Press, will be released on 26th February 2007 to mark the start of Fairtrade Fortnight 2007. Planned promotions include an author tour to Fairtrade Towns and an appearance at the Peak Literary Festival in the UK.

23.01.2007 from ODI blog:
To date, most of the debate about carbon offsets has focused on the question of whether offsetting is a valid way of addressing climate change. ODI is developing carbon offset standards that work for the poor.

18.01.2007 A grant of almost US$2 million from ADBÂ’s Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan, will help reduce poverty among rural Bhutanese through a pilot project to develop their income-generating skills.

11.01.2007 A new study finds that trade between India and Bangladesh would do better if
there were broad-based liberalization, rather than a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).A new World Bank report entitled, “India-Bangladesh Trade, Trade Policies and Potential Free Trade Agreement” seeks to explore the implications of a bilateral free trade agreement.

10.01.2007 The Doha Round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization has reached a stalemate, with most countries blaming the deadlock on a U.S. agricultural trade proposal they see as offering little or no actual policy change by the U.S.

02.01.2007 While Imported fruits reign the local market, several researchers started to develop local fruit resources, one of which is mangosteen, that recently has an increasing demand for export.