What's New at Trade Observatory
March 31, 2008
Dear Subscribers,
IATP's new
UNCTAD XII Resource Center is online and ready for you to visit. Check back throughout the conference for the latest developments.
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GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON COMMODITIES
UNCTAD | May 11, 2007
The Conference deliberated on major issues related to commodity development, including supply-side constraints, value-chain issues, financing of diversification and the use of resource rents. Read more...
Domestic Fair Trade Association Conference: November 29 – December 1, 2007
Domestic Fair Trade Association | Feb. 12, 2008
Notes from the founding meeting of the Domestic Fair Trade Association held in LaFarge, WI at Organic Valley. Read more...
LDCs statement on agriculture negotiations
LDCs | Feb. 15, 2008
The LDCs group lay out their first reactions to the chair's revised draft agriculture modalities. Read more...
Biofuels Expansion and Agricultural Commodity Markets
Daniel De La Torre Ugarte, Agricultural Policy Analysis Center | Dec. 1, 2007
Powerpoint presentation at Agrofuels: Opportunity or Danger? conference in Berlin, Germany. Read more...
EU Farming and Agrofuels
Shelby Matthews/COPA | Dec. 1, 2007
Powerpoint presentation at Agrofuels: Opportunity or Danger? conference in Berlin, Germany. Read more...
The Global System Needs a Makeover
Carin Smaller/IATP | Feb. 28, 2008
The UN, the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank should engage in pragmatic negotiations to strive for a higher common denominator for multilateral relations. Read more...
Linking Agriculture, Development and Migration:A Critical Look at NAFTA Past, Present and Future
Coalition of nine groups including IATP | Feb. 29, 2008
Agenda for tri-national meeting analyzing NAFTA. Read more...
Dueling Vision for a Hungry World
ERIK STOKSTAD | March 14, 2008
International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) got under way in 2005 with funding from the United Nations, the World Bank, and several countries. The purview has broadened beyond food production to include social justice and the environment. Read more...
NAFTA Must Be Renegotiated:A Proposal From North American Civil Society Networks
Alliance for Responsable Trade (USA), Common Frontiers-Canada, Red Mexicana de Acción frente al Libre Comercio (RMALC), Réseau québécois sur l’Intégration continentale (RQIC) | March 3, 2008
A call to the governments of Mexico, Canada and the U.S. to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. Read more...
Parliamentarians from the Three NAFTA Countries Announce Task Force on NAFTA Renegotiation
Office of Peter Julian - Canadian Minister of Parliament | March 6, 2008
Following a conference held on March 5th at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which took a critical look at how NAFTA has impacted the North American region, legislators from Canada, the U. Read more...
NAFTA Takes the Political Spotlight: It's About Time
Alexandra Spieldoch/IATP | March 17, 2008
Almost 15 years after it was ratified, the North American Free Trade Agreement is increasingly in the spotlight. Read more...
The changing face of commodities
UNCTAD secretariat | March 6, 2008
Note prepared by UNCTAD secretariat for High Level Meeting on commodities (January 2008) Read more...
Report of the Secretary General to UNCTAD XII
Dr Supachai | July 4, 2007
Globalization for development: opportunities and challenges Read more...
The Emerging Water Crisis in the U.S.
Shiney Varghese/IATP | March 24, 2008
I am amazed: since last summer, almost every day we see at least one news story on another water crisis in the U.S. Read more...
Report of March 3 pre-UNCTAD XII hearing with civil society
UNCTAD secretariat | March 28, 2008
Report of the pre-UNCTAD XII hearing with civil society held on March 3d in Geneva Read more...
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India Water Portal
The India Water Portal is a web-based platform for sharing water management knowledge amongst practitioners and the general public. It aims to draw on the rich experience of water-sector experts, package their knowledge and add value to it through technology and then disseminate it to a larger audience through the internet. Read more...
Belgian Technical Cooperation Agencye
BTC is managing more than 200 programs in 30 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. With a turnover in 2006 of 160 million euro, BTC is employing 420 staff, 160 of them at headquarters in Brussels and 260 in countries where projects and programmes are being implemented. Read more...
Fair Trade Resource Center
Founded in 1999, the Fair Trade Resource Network (FTRN) seeks to build a more just and sustainable world by gathering, developing, and disseminating educational resources about Fair Trade. FTRN is focused exclusively on Fair Trade education. Read more...
Fair Trade Towns USA
The Fair Trade Towns campaign is based on principles and guidelines set forth by the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK, where the first Fair Trade town was recognized in 2000. In the US, there is no single governing body that coordinates or monitors Fair Trade Towns. Read more...
Don't Plant GMO Beets
A project of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to altert consumers to the presence of GMO sugar beets. Read more...
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`When the well is dry we know the worth of water`
March 22, 2008
It is the 16th World Water Day since it was initiated by the United Nations in 1992 to promote awareness of increasingly serious water problems and press for action by governments worldwide to save and protect water resources. Read more...
FDA to step up checks on Chinese food
Food Navigator | March 17, 2008
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The Only Fitting Tribute
The Nation | March 25, 2008
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Cargill launches food safety programme with China
Food Production Daily | March 25, 2008
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UNCTAD chief Supachai urges effective technology-sharing scheme at G-8
March 26, 2008
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Indian commentary discusses China's `growing presence` in Africa
Asian Age website/BBC | March 25, 2008
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WTO rules against US, Canada in beef row with EU
March 28, 2008
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Cambodia PM bans rice exports to Thailand, Vietnam for two months
March 28, 2008
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China regrets Australian probe into Chinese toilet paper
March 27, 2008
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Culture of corruption still holds sway in Mexico
Calgary Herald | March 27, 2008
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DEVELOPMENT: A Winding Journey From Seed to Plate
IPS News | March 28, 2008
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What is civil society's agenda for next UNCTAD XII in Accra?
Statesman | March 25, 2008
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UNCTAD XII Confab What Civil Society Expects
Modern Ghana | March 1, 1864
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China, U.S. move forward on new food safety agreement
Food Chemical News | March 31, 2008
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From ethanol to privatization, water is a hot issue in trade and agriculture worldwide. Trade Observatory has document and headline collections dedicated to water issues.