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Aug 1, 2008

Congress sends Bush bill banning lead in children's products

The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to the White House legislation that bans lead from children's toys and seeks to ensure that chemicals posing possible health problems will not end up on toys and articles that kids chew on and play with.
Jul 31, 2008

Scattered Woodlands Complicate Forest's Response to Climate Change (WI)

If a warmer Wisconsin climate causes some northern tree species to disappear in the future, it's easy to imagine that southern species will just expand their range northward as soon as the conditions suit them.
Jul 31, 2008

A Santa Barbara area canyon's residents are among many Californians living in harm's way in fire-prone areas

Sometimes when Ralph Daniel looks out the huge plate-glass windows of his 1959 ranch house, a bobcat stares back at him from the patio. He delights in the quiet, the bird songs, the expansive view of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
Jul 31, 2008

Another Collapse of the WTO

After 20 years the fun has gone out of this story. A year ago we discussed at IATP the idea of setting up a clock that would mark the time since the Doha round began to highlight how deep the disagreements were.
Jul 30, 2008

A bad deal all round

Last minute talks on global trade policy at the World Trade Organization in Geneva this week came close to agreement - but no cigars were lit. For talks that started in 2001, rich country negotiators lost sight of the fact that the round was supposed to be a "development" round to help lift standards of living among the world's poor.
Jul 29, 2008

New Direction Needed After Doha Round Collapse

Today, trade talks at the World Trade Organization in Geneva broke down. It has now been seven years since the Doha Round of negotiations began at the WTO. Below is a statement from Carin Smaller, head of the Geneva office of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy:
Jul 29, 2008

It is now over...

So this is it… Another WTO ministerial has just collapsed and the talks are ending in acrimony, with members blaming each other for the failure. Although we do not like what Doha had become, this is a very sad play to be watching. The world is not getting any better out of this.
Jul 29, 2008

Protection Comes in From the Cold?

Yesterday, we wrote about the enormous pressure being put on India and China to agree to a deal at the WTO. Today, let's get into some of the details of what this fight is really about.