Agrofuels: Opportunity or Danger

A Global Dialogue was held in December 2007 in Berlin on U.S. and EU agrofuels and agriculture policies and their impacts on rural development in North and South.

Conference agenda MS Word
Presentations PDF
Final Conference Report Report | May 6 | PDF

Can Free Trade Cure All?

WTO Director Pascal Lamy recently argued that free trade is the best insurance against volatile financial markets. In a new commentary, IATP's Alexandra Strickner and ATTAC's Christian Felber question whether trade expansion is the solution.

Is Free Trade and "Insurance" Against Financial Turbulence? Commentary | Feb 21 | PDF

Discussing Farm Policy

US and EU flags Farm, development, environmental and consumer groups met in May in Washington, D.C. to discuss agricultural policies. Representative from U.S., EU, Canadian, Meixcan, Brazilian and Senegalese groups met as the U.S. considered a 2007 Farm Bill and the European Union began a 2008 review of its Common Agricultural Policy.

Conference report Report | May 15 | PDF
The Common Agriculture Policy: A Brief Introduction PDF
Rapport de la conférence Français | PDF
Informe de la Conferencia Español | PDF

Understanding the Farm Bill

The U.S. Farm Bill leaves a huge footprint on the U.S. and the world. As Washington gears up for the debate, IATP analyzes what's at stake.

IATP's Farm Bill Issue Page

Conference Report: Agrofuels Opportunity or Danger

May 6, 2008
Summary of a December 2008 meeting in Berlin Spandau between U.S. and EU groups on agrofuels and their impact on the Global North and South Download

The Global System Needs a Makeover

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. Download

Is Free Trade an Insurance Against Financial Turbulence

Feb 21, 2008
Perhaps it is not surprising that WTO Director General, Pascal Lamy, never misses an opportunity to promote the potential benefits of increased trade liberalization. According to Lamy (and other free trade advocates), trade expansion is the solution to every major problem the world faces. Download

Farmer Agreement Offers Alternative to NAFTA's Failures

Feb 4, 2008
NAFTA's threat to sugar farmers in Mexico and the U.S. is so dire that it has provided the impetus for an historic agreement between farmers in the two countries. Download

No to Corporate Europe; Yes to Global Justice

Jan 25, 2008
As members of the Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B), we are calling for concerted efforts to roll back the strategy of the European Union called Global Europe: Competing in the World, the EUs unfair bilateral trade agreements and corporate power. We also reject the false solution of unfair multilateralism and the EUs proposals at the WTO, and a revival of the Doha Round in the exclusive premises of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Download

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