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Is trade fair?
1 May 2003

Scales of justice

Find out why global trade is damaging people and the environment and how you can help make trade fair

Public meeting
Ferryside, Carmarthenshire,
Friday 13th June, 8.00pm,
Everyone welcome

The issues....

The balance of power has shifted. Governments are losing control to huge multinational corporations.

This process is putting basic human rights and vast areas of the natural world in serious danger. It's time to challenge the rise in corporate power.

Did you know?

That 51 of the world's 100 largest economies are corporations.

That every time you buy something made or grown in a developing country, you take part in a billion pound scam? As it works today, the global trading system rips off people who are already poor.

How can we...

Regulate big business and their investments to ensure people and the environment come before profits?
Stop rich countries promoting the interests of big business through trade interventions that harm the poor and the environment?
Ensure trade policy is made in a fair, transparent and democratic way?

Who, where, when...

Speakers:

Tony Juniper, Executive Director Friends of the Earth
Oxfam International (speaker t.b.c)

Venue:

Ferryside Residential Education Centre
Ferryside
Carmarthenshire, SA17 5TE

Time:

8.00pm

Fair Trade complimentary refreshments will be available

For further details contact Friends of the Earth Cymru on 029 20229577 or email cymru@foe.co.uk

Links

http://www.tradejusticemovement.org.uk/
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/