Europe is negotiating new trade deals – economic partnership agreements – with African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries but it is choosing power politics over partnership.
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20 April 2009
Political leaders have admitted that they will probably fail to deliver on promises to halve world hunger by 2015
19 April 2009
The G8 Agriculture meeting in Italy is heading for a profound failure with ministers dithering about the bold action needed to tackle the global food crisis. The Italian Agriculture Minister Luca Zaia’s opening promise of “three days that will make history" is sounding very hollow.
17 April 2009
More than 75,000 people will die of hunger during the three days that G8 Agriculture Ministers will meet to talk about the food crisis. Oxfam is warning Ministers that the answer to the global food crisis is not increased production in rich countries but support for the world’s poorest farmers.
20 March 2009
Europe is turning its back on poor countries just when they need help most. At a crucial time just ahead of the G20 Summit in London, the EU is empty-handed and in no fit state to lead the world on the two biggest issues we face today – the economic and climate crisis.
17 February 2009
17 Feb – Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline should be congratulated for breaking industry ranks and taking a major step toward helping poor people in developing countries to get better access to medicines, says international agency Oxfam. However GSK’s initiative this week is just the beginning.
In depth
Power and possibilities within the cocoa and chocolate sector
19 January 2009
How the Farm Bill squanders chances for a pro-development trade deal
21 July 2008
How Europe should bring development into its trade deals with African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries
21 April 2008
How the European Union can maintain market access for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the absence of Economic Partnership Agreements
27 April 2007
If the new trade agreements are skewed in favor of Europe’s rich countries, then they are more likely to increase rather than reduce poverty.
Trade robs poor people of a proper living, and keeps them trapped in poverty. Watch the interactive diagrams!
Cotton subsidy reform could substantially improve the welfare of over one million West African households—10 million people.
Chile has seen an overall growth in its economy but behind this success story, there are some heavy costs. Regional trade agreements have thrown the workers further into poverty.
