Tagged: trade rules
Despite commitment to end AIDS, the US government is introducing stronger intellectual property rules through trade agreements and bilateral pressure that will undermine the fight against AIDS by devastating the ability of developing countries to access affordable anti-retroviral medicines.
World trade rules will not be reformed in the interests of poor countries despite this month’s G8+5’s commitment to finalize the stagnant Doha trade talks by 2010.
For millions of farmers like Al-Hassan across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, growing rice is their only hope for getting out of poverty. However, cheap imports are undermining their prospects of a better life.
The global food crisis needs a wide-ranging plan to resolve it...
Contact EU Office
Oxfam International EU Advocacy Office
Rue de la Science 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 234 1110 | Fax: +32 2 502 1941
For general enquiries: eu@oxfaminternational.org
For media enquiries: eumedia@oxfaminternational.org
