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Green
barricade Trade faces a new test as carbon
taxes go global
The Financial
Times, January 24, 2008
The US power
industry and its unions are rarely assiduous
cheerleaders of campaigns for higher taxes and
tighter environmental standards. But the
energy barons become more enthusiastic when
American lawmakers are seeking to impose those
burdens on other countries.
Traditionally,
many trade officials, particularly from
developing countries, have been suspicious
that environmental provisions in trade
agreements are covert protectionism by rich
nations. Sure enough, several wealthy
countries are mulling taxing imports to take
account of greenhouse gases emitted during
their manufacture. The plans are in their
early stages, but they may at the very least
serve as a negotiating tactic to get reluctant
countries to agree to control emissions
themselves.
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The
failure of neo-liberalism
International Herald Tribune, January
22, 2008
More and more, it
appears that in the 21st century we are
returning to the economics of the 19th, where
wealth was overwhelmingly concentrated in the
hands of a few owners and astute speculators.
Neither the Right
nor the Left seem capable of creating a
society in which all benefit from increased
prosperity and economic security.
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EU report:
India to play a bigger role in world
agriculture markets
Fresh Plaza, January 11, 2007
India is to play a
bigger role in world markets in agriculture
products in the future. India is forecast to
consolidate its position among the worlds
leading exporters of rice.
Currently it is the second largest rice
producer after China and the third largest
net-exporter after Thailand and Vietnam. That
is one of the conclusions of the latest MAP
(Monitoring Agri-trade Policy) on India
published by the European Commission.
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New Commission
analysis looks at the role of India in world
agriculture
January 09, 2007
India is one of the fastest growing economies
in the world today and among the world's
leading agricultural producers and yet its
trade flows are relatively small compared with
other main players. However, given the size of
Indian agriculture, even small changes in its
trade have a potentially large impact on world
markets. That is one of the conclusions of the
latest "MAP
(Monitoring Agri-trade Policy)",
published by the Commission's
Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
Development. India has a large and diverse
agriculture and is also a major consumer, with
an expanding population to feed. The average
size of holding is just 1.4 hectares and 60%
of the workforce depends on agriculture for a
living. The latest MAP looks at India's trade
patterns with the EU and globally. It also
examines India's agriculture and trade policy
and attempts to shed light on the impact of
these policies on trade.
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