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The article examines the food security implications of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture. It places the Agreement in historical context, examines its key provisions, and argues that the Agreement systematically favors industrialized country agricultural producers at the expense of farmers in...
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China's actions in limiting the export of rare earths have drawn the world's attention. The United States, Japan and … broader backdrop of international economic transition in a mineral-hungry world. Such issues of mineral export restraints are … multilateral negotiations, the developed world will attempt to bring the issue of export restraints under multilateral mandates …
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The food crisis of 2008, the subsequent financial crisis, and the ongoing climate crisis have created new challenges to the attainment of global food security. This essay examines the historic and current practices that have contributed to food insecurity in developing countries, and recommends...
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developing world. It chronicles the patterns of trade and production that contribute to this problem from the colonial period … International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) exacerbate hunger and environmental … earnings needed to finance the import of food and other necessities to fluctuating world market prices for agricultural …
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From its initial focus on minimizing waste generation, the circular economy has evolved into a broad-based approach to make resource use more sustainable. A big part of the appeal of a circular economy is the opportunities it creates not only for resource savings and better human health and...
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The Fourth Session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in Doha, Qatar, in …
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(GATS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO). It shows that the negotiations have contributed to more stable and transparent …
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International investment law is undergoing a time of reflection, review and revision. Increasing dissatisfaction with the functioning of the current system that governs the protection of international investment and the wish to ensure that investment is channelled towards sustainable development...
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provisions under the World Trade Organization (WTO) which in turn resulted in a tremendous impact on the ambitious Agreement on … facilitation was exclusively to serve the needs of the developed world, where the latter could, as a result of these measures gain … a better access to the markets of the developing world. However, trade facilitation in emerging economies could witness …
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completed, and it shows where the ‘development promises' of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World …
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