tariffs

Haiti No Longer Grows Much of Its Own Rice and Families Now Go Hungry

Ian McClelland — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:12:17 +0000

Judith Alexandre, a single mother, lives with her two children in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere, and like a lot of other families there they have only one choi

EU trade agreements pose huge threat to development, campaigners warn

Elena Cornellana — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:45:56 +0000

EU Ministers will today formally approve a market access regulation for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries with which the EC has concluded interim trade agreements.

Oxfam dismayed by EU failure to lift trade threat on poor nations

Pilar Barroso — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:12:59 +0000

International agency Oxfam today expressed grave concern that the EU is set to increase significantly import tariffs on poor countries' goods from next year, with a potentially devas

Oxfam: beware the fine print – new trade offers could amount to nothing

Joel M Bassuk — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:28:20 +0000

New offers from the world's biggest trading powers may not be the breakthroughs they are presented as, warned international agency Oxfam today ahead of a World Trade Organization (WT

One year after Hong Kong: trade talks at standstill, no progress on development

Alex Segrt — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:17:40 +0000

One year after the inconclusive World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial in Hong Kong, negotiators have failed to make progress on agreeing trade reforms to promote development, an

WTO deal this year won’t deliver development

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:47:40 +0000

Poor countries concentrating on damage limitation

New WTO framework doesn’t add up to development

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:06:23 +0000

The World Trade Organization’s proposal today to forge an agreement on the Doha round is miles away from delivering a true development deal, says international agency Oxfam.

EU divisions threaten to wreck world trade talks

Joel M Bassuk — Tue, 30 May 2006 16:00:59 +0000

The divisions and vested interests that emerged openly today within the European Union over its farm policies threaten to wreck the opportunity for world trade talks to deliver devel

Oxfam throws down gauntlet to world leaders over trade talks – Will they be Heroes or Zeroes?

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 17 May 2006 17:20:51 +0000

Superheroes could jump tall buildings and save entire cities, but could they rescue current world trade talks?

Oxfam International reaction to Peter Mandelson's speech on trade in Berlin

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:49:05 +0000

In a speech in Berlin on January 23, European Union (EU) trade commissioner Peter Mandelson blamed countries such as Brazil and India for blocking a world trade deal, but he raised t