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Dimensions of Inclusiveness - I
Business Standard, December 31, 2007
The subject of inclusive
growth has been in the spotlight recently, for
very obvious reasons. The parliamentary
election campaign of 2004, with its “India
Shining” vs. “Aam Aadmi” confrontation,
highlighted an apparently widespread
perception that the benefits of economic
growth were simply passing too many people by.
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Hillary’s Tough Trade
Talk
National Journal, December 15, 2007
The anecdote is recounted in tellingly similar
detail by several people who have briefed the
leading Democratic presidential candidate,
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York. In a
meeting earlier this year, former senior
economic advisers to President Bill Clinton
urged the 2008 Democratic front-runner to
strike a protrade stance in her campaign,
reflecting the policies pursued in her
husband’s administration. Sen. Clinton
dismissed the advice, informing the group that
she saw globalization differently.<<More>>
America must resist
protectionism
Financial Times, December 12, 2007
The US economy has turned downward. People are
feeling insecure. There are grave concerns
about jobs moving overseas and about losing
ground to Asian countries. Heavy pressures are
mounting on the presidential candidates in
both parties to pander to protectionist and
even isolationist sentiments. The year,
however, is 1992. Fortunately, the two
parties' candidates - Bill Clinton and George
H.W. Bush - refuse to cave in to the pressure.
They resist the special interests and stand
strong for the long-term health of the
American economy - and the country begins one
of the greatest economic expansions of our
history.<<More>>
Can the environment and trade tango?
Financial Express, December 10, 2007
The US and EU proposal to introduce freer
trade in green goods and services on the WTO
agenda meets with opposition at the climate
change conference in Bali.<<More>>
Trade and climate change
Financial Express, December 09, 2007
The US and EU have
jointly proposed priority action on climate
change and energy related technologies as part
of the Doha Round negotiations on the use of
environmental goods and services. They have
proposed a new environmental goods and
services agreement (EGSA) at the WTO that
seeks the removal of technical barriers to
trade (TBT) in a specific set of
climate-friendly technologies with a higher
level of commitment to the green cause.<<More>>
Lamy: Doha could deliver double-win for
environment and trade
WTO News, December 09, 2007
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech at
the Informal Trade Ministers' Dialogue on
Climate Change in Bali on 8-9 December 2007,
said that the Doha negotiations on
environmental goods and services could deliver
“a double-win for some of our members: a win
for the environment and a win for trade”. He
said that the WTO tool-box of rules “can prove
valuable in the fight against climate change”
but awaits “a truly global consensus on how
best to tackle the issue”.<<More>>
A Publication on WTO Public Forum 2007
WTO Public Forum,
October 04-05, 2007
This new edition of the WTO Public Forum provides an overview
of discussions at the 2007 Forum, whose theme
was "How can the WTO help harness
globalization?". The Forum provided
participants with a unique opportunity to
debate among themselves and with WTO members
on how the WTO can best contribute to the
management of globalization.<<More>> |
