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A Human Rights Vision for Food
Speculation Contributed to Global Food Crisis
Ideas for the Next Administration
New Book On Immigration and Globalization
New Vision for Trade in the U.S.Over 50 members of Congress have endorsed a new vision for trade that includes a review of existing agreements and principles to guide future trade deals, including support for family farmers in all countries.
Time for a New Global Contract
Bush Admin Exporting Flawed Food Safety System
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In the new report, Bridging the Divide, IATP's Carin Smaller and Sophia Murphy explain how to support a global food system that fulfills human rights obligations. The paper was written as part of the upcoming conference, Confronting the Global Food Challenge, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Excessive speculation in agriculture commodity markets has played a major role in the rise and fall of global food prices, finds a new IATP report.
IATP offers ideas for the Obama administration on how to rejoin the global community and build a fair food and farm system through our work with the Progressive Ideas Network and the Backbone Campaign.
Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants, by David Bacon, looks at the way globalization forces many people to migrate, while U.S. immigration policy makes the labor of these displaced people a crime. The connection between labor, migration and the global economy is documented through interviews and on-the-spot reporting.
The collapse of the WTO's Doha talks shows the urgent need for a new system of global rules that prioritizes basic human rights, international development and the environment. IATP's New Global Contract series highlights alternatives to our system of global governance.
A new report by IATP's Steve Suppan finds that the Bush administration's proposed import food safety system prioritizes trade over public health.
A study on the impact of trade liberalization on women throughout the world, focusing on the food system, agricultural markets and human rights.
One of the world's largest charities, CARE, rejected millions of dollars in U.S. food aid because of the system's inefficiency and inability to address long-term causes of hunger. An IATP report looks at those problemsÃ???and offers solutions.
- IATP report: Food prices driven up by speculators
- G-20 Leaders Fail to Address Existing Radical WTO Financial Service Deregulation Requirements
- Speculation caused global commodity price hike: report
- Speculation a Major Contributor to Global Food Crisis, New Report Finds
- Elimination of WTOs Radical Financial Service Deregulation Requirements Must Be Addressed at Nov. 15 Summit
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Global Dialogue
IATP's Global Dialogue Project is a partnership that focuses on alternatives for U.S. and EU agricultural, food and energy policy.
Green Chemistry
The Green Chemistry revolution is making safer products and protecting human health and the environment.
NAFTA
NAFTA leaves a huge footprint on the U.S. and the world. As Washington gears up for the debate, IATP analyzes what's at stake.
Water
From ethanol to privatization, water is a hot issue in trade and agriculture worldwide. Trade Observatory has document and headline collections dedicated to water issues.
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September 25
Special WTO Edition: Sophia Murphy on WTO history, Anne Laure Constantin on recent WTO talks and Alexandra Spieldoch on the future of the WTO.
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