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31 Jan 2022 4 minute read

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An India-UK trade deal could mean a race to the bottom for Indian workers

Two themes loom over the announcement that the UK is launching trade talks with India – farmers and Big Pharma, says...

8 Jul 2019 6 minute read

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The free trade myth

T.J. Coles explains ISDSs, legal mechanisms designed to favour corporate interests that will be integral to...

15 Jan 2019 1 minute read

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Trade in turmoil: part two

In part two of The Big Story, Vanessa...

7 Jan 2019 6 minute read

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Is trade in turmoil a chance for justice?

The global free trade system is being battered like never before. Can any good come of it, asks Vanessa Baird...

7 Jan 2019 7 minute read

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A rustbelt romance

Enter the ‘new protectionism’ – and Trump’s trade wars.

7 Jan 2019 1 minute read

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Trade in turmoil: part one

The global free trade system is being battered like never before. Can any good come of it, asks Vanessa Baird...

17 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Why CETA is no better

The agreement between Canada and the EU remains the wrong type of trade deal. Alex Scrivener writes.

30 Jun 2018 17 minute read

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The next financial crisis

Clueless central banks? A trade war? Southern debt overload? Leading economists including Jayati Ghosh, ...

18 Dec 2017 4 minute read

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What we learned from Argentina’s WTO alternative

Buenos Aires welcomed the WTO with a week of action. By Paula Serafini and Martín Vainstein...

1 Nov 2017 3 minute read

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Brexit’s threat to Africa trade

Nick Dowson reports on Brexit’s impact on some Global South economies.

12 Oct 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Why the World Bank won’t end inequality

Lidy Nacpil disputes the World Bank’s claim that it’s now fighting inequality.

26 Jan 2017 3 minute read

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Don’t praise Trump for the defeat of TPP

It is good that the toxic Trans Pacific Partnership is dead, but it is unions and campaigners we should thank, argues ...

1 Jun 2016 11 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Big Davids, small Goliaths

How new trade deals – and Investor-State Dispute Settlements in particular – are giving more power to companies to sue...

1 May 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

Regulation Top Trumps

TTIP is a very dangerous game, writes Chris Coltrane.

8 Mar 2016 4 minute read

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Hail Caesar! The personal whim of not so fair trade

The struggle for real Fairtrade is reminiscent of gladiator battles, writes Ben O'Hanlon.

4 Feb 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

German judges issue damming indictment of TTIP

If you’re worried about our sovereignty read the judges' statement, writes Nick Dearden.

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