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The WTO Will Not Solve the Food Crisis

If I hear Pascal Lamy say one more time that the Doha Round will help solve the current food crisis, I am going to explode! For months, the WTO chief has used every public opportunity (and then some) to push for the completion of the WTO’s trade round to solve the current food crisis.

Can High Agriculture Prices Spur Development?

Trade ministers gathering in Accra, Ghana for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) should take steps to support agriculture and manage supplies to address price volatility, according to a new paper by IATP.

A Time of High Prices: An Opportunity for the Rural Poor?

This new paper by IATP finds that governments have been limited in their ability to help farmers take advantage of higher prices – due to free trade economics pushed by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization.

Global Rules to Shape Biofuel Market

The long-term sustainability of the fast-moving global biofuel market will depend on changes to international trade and investment rules that govern energy, environment, agriculture and rural development, according to a new paper published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

NAFTA Takes the Political Spotlight: It's About Time

Almost 15 years after it was ratified, the North American Free Trade Agreement is increasingly in the spotlight.

New WTO Agriculture Text Falls Short ? Again

New draft agricultural trade rules released at the World Trade Organization today fail to repair a deeply flawed negotiating agenda. This latest attempt to save the Doha Round adds nothing new except more loopholes and exemptions to an already complicated text.  

Meat Trade

This article was first published by the Food Ethics Council, Volume 2, Issue 4. Winter 2007.

International Solidarity Letter

Lessons From NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda

In 2007 IATP organized the conference "Lessons from NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda" which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With 45 groups signed on as co-sponsors, the conference was attended by over 250 people, including representatives from the media; the Minnesota state government; the Mexican and Canadian embassies; representatives from the Canadian, Mexican and U.S.

Free Trade Undermining Democracy in Costa Rica?

Pre-election polls said Costa Ricans would reject CAFTA-DR. But election results differed and the stakes couldn't be higher for the future of the Costa Rican democracy and economy. What happened?