The Food Crisis and Global Institutions
Alexandra Spieldoch, Foreign Policy In Focus: "In July, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy organized a mini-Ministerial to complete the Doha Development Round, and couched it as a necessary means to address the food crisis. Not surprisingly, negotiations collapsed over ongoing disagreements about whether WTO members have the right to protect their food security and 'livelihoods' (jobs) from import surges. The failed talks signal a growing understanding that trade liberalization has destabilized local food systems and hurt farmers, contributing to both the long-term and short-causes of today’s food crisis. This marks a shift from the earlier globalization debates and deserves our attention."
http://www.truthout.org/article/the-food-crisis-and-global-institutions
America Out of Economic Ammunition
Writing for France's premier business newspaper, Les Echos, Jean-Marc Vittori paints a bleak picture of the lack of economic policy options that will be available to the next US president.
http://www.truthout.org/article/america-out-economic-ammunition
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+crisis
http://www.truthout.org/article/the-food-crisis-and-global-institutions
America Out of Economic Ammunition
Writing for France's premier business newspaper, Les Echos, Jean-Marc Vittori paints a bleak picture of the lack of economic policy options that will be available to the next US president.
http://www.truthout.org/article/america-out-economic-ammunition
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=food+crisis
rudkla - 6. Aug, 22:15
