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The resources here are designed for the press and media.
Corporate conquest
(PDF† 147K) September 2006
Why the UK and its EU partners must stop forcing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) upon developing countries.
UK
Government ignores environment at WTO
(PDF† 24K) December
2005
This media briefing looks at how trade policies being discussed at the
WTO will encourage
further environmental damage and increase poverty.
What's
wrong with world trade?
(PDF† 215K) September 2005
This briefing looks at the world trade system and explains why Friends
of the Earth believes it is fundamentally flawed.
Market access
v sustainable development
(PDF† 163K) July
2005
This briefing looks ahead to the WTO's
December 2005 Ministerial meeting when Non-Agricultural Market Access
is on the agenda. It argues that a major rethink is needed if trade
is going to play any part in the fight against poverty and climate change.
Oh
Mandy
(PDF† 108K) October 2004
As ex-MP Peter Mandelson
stands poised to take over the EU
trade brief, Friends of the Earth explains why we think democracy is
taking another body blow from spin and big business.
GATS in Wales: Understanding
the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(PDF†140K) April 2004
This briefing looks at how GATS
will affect the powers of the Welsh Assembly and what action
the Assembly can take to protect its ability to regulate in the public
interest.
UKplc
in Latin America
(PDF† 766K) September
2003
The EU, backed heavily by the UK, continues to push hard for a new WTO
investment agreement while British multinationals plough on with the
kind of investment such an agreement would promote. Friends of the Earth
exposes the plans, demands the accountability of those responsible,
and shows up the WTO investment agreement myth.
Open
wide, this won't hurt a bit
(PDF† 162K) July
2003
This briefing explains what a WTO investment agreement would look like
and why we don't need it.
WTO:
Check up in Cancun
(PDF† 111K) June
2003
This briefing sets out why Cancun represents a crucial
health check for the seriously ailing WTO and it’s free trade experiment.
Investment
and the WTO - Busting the myths
(PDF† 425K) June 2003
This briefing aims to explode some of the myths surrounding
FDI and the 'benefits' of establishing an investment agreement in the
WTO.
WTO:
Cancun con?
(PDF† 135K) June
2003
This briefing sets out the main issues relating to the WTO that are
of concern to Friends of the Earth and explains what we will be doing
at, and in the run-up to, Cancun.
GM
trade war looms
(PDF† 241K) May
2003
The WTO's Dispute Resolution Mechanism decides who wins and
who loses in international trade wars. This briefing exposes how it
works, and explores what may happen following the US complaint against
the EU over GM food.
The Happy Planet Index
(PDF† format 1664K) July 2006
A new global measure of progress, the ‘Happy Planet Index’, measures the environmental cost with which countries deliver lives of different length and happiness to reveal for the first time that happiness doesn’t have to cost the Earth.
GATS:
its local impact in England
(PDF† format 830K) January
2003
This report examines the aspects of GATS that relate to five
key areas of activity for local government in England - planning, regeneration,
green procurement, environmental protection and transport - to identify
the potential impact.
Towards
sustainable economies: challenging neoliberal economic globalisation
(PDF†) January
2003
Friends of the Earth International paper setting out guidelines for
developing fair and sustainable economics.
Friends of the Earth's press releases for the Global Trade campaign.
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