Obama’s Visit and the TPPA
Martin Khor Uniteed States President Barack Obama will be in Malaysia soon. Among the issues on his agenda will be the current status of the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA). It is an...
View ArticleAmerica’s Proposed TPP: Buyer Beware
Kevin Gallagher Despite President Barack Obama’s charm offensive in the region, Pacific nations are well-advised to remain wary of the U.S. government’s position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
View ArticleTPP Would Deepen Income Divide
Roger Bybee, Guest Blogger Those at the top have never done better,” President Obama ruefully acknowledged in his January 28 State of the Union speech. “But average wages have barely budged. Inequality...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership: Another Trade Liberalization Scam
John Weeks, Guest Blogger The gathering pressure for Congress to “fast track” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) demonstrates yet again that trade liberalization is one of the few aspects of economic...
View ArticleWill the WTO Fast-Track Trade at the Expense of Food Security?
GDAE’s Timothy A. Wise and Jeronim Capaldo wrote the following op-ed for Al Jazeera, based on Wise’s work on the WTO’s conflict over food security (see articles here, here, here, and here) and...
View ArticleFast Track to Financial Instability
Kevin P. Gallagher In his State of the Union speech, President Obama said he would submit a bill to Congress that would grant him the fast track authority to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
View Article“Free Trade” In Trouble in the United States
Martin Khor “Free trade” seems to be in deep trouble in the United States, with serious implications for the rest of the world. Opposition to free trade or trade agreements emerged as a big theme among...
View ArticleThe CETA Trade Pact Will Add to the Groundswell of Discontent
Why We Need More Informed Decision-Making Servaas Storm and Pierre Kohler Guest bloggers Servaas Storm and Pierre Kohler wrote the following analysis of the Canada-EU trade agreement for Naked...
View ArticleTRIPS: The Story of How Intellectual Property Became Linked to Trade
This is the first part of a seven-part series with Peter Drahos, a Professor in the RegNet School of Regulation and Global Governance at the Australian National University. He holds a Chair in...
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