World Trade Organization

World Economic Hangover

John Feffer | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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My hands tremble when I open a document from the World Trade Organization. The language is either boring, technical, or obscure. But when I figure out what the documents are saying, I feel even worse.

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Why China Needs To End Its Economic Mercantilism

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 01.30.2008 | Business

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The new picture of a poorer China did not surprise me. Everywhere I looked, what's done in the United States by one or two workers, was done in China by a multitude of workers.

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What Are the Consequences of Not Doing Doha?

Louise Blouin MacBain | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics

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We need to make an effort to understand that with globalization, poor people, and those with different histories and from different cultures are living with us, here, in our garden.

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