Resources

Conspiracy of silence - Conference paper presented to Strategic Dialogue on Commodities, Trade, Poverty and Sustainable Development, 13-15 June 2005 - July

A Round for Free: How rich countries are getting a free ride on agricultural subsidies at the WTO - June

Critique of the EC’s Action Plan for ACP countries affected by EU sugar reform - Joint Agencies briefing paper - June

Making trade work for development in 2005 - May

When jobs lock women into poverty - To mark International Workers' Day, Phil Bloomer, head of Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign, explains how employment and working conditions can often be so bad that jobs can make poverty worse - opinion piece - April

An End to EU Sugar Dumping? Implications of the WTO panel ruling in the dispute against EU sugar policies brought by Brazil, Thailand, and Australia - April

Oxfam International contribution regarding NAMA (Non-Agricultural Market Access) Negotiations - Oxfam submission to the NAMA negotiations at the WTO - April

Kicking down the door: How upcoming WTO talks threaten farmers in poor countries - April

Making trade work for development in 2005: What the UK should do - April

Food aid or hidden dumping? Separating wheat from chaff - March

Who will be left to cheer the end of illegal US cotton subsidies? Why African cotton farmers cannot afford US inaction on cotton subsidies - March

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2004

A Sweeter Future? The potential for EU sugar reform to contribute to poverty reduction in southern Africa - November

Six Reasons to Oppose EPAs in their Current Form - joint agency paper - November

A raw deal for rice under DR-CAFTA: How the Free Trade Agreement threatens the livelihoods of Central American farmers - November

Extortion at the gate: will Viet Nam join the WTO on full development terms? - November

Finding the Moral Fiber: Why reform is urgently needed for a fair cotton trade - October

Dumping: the beginning of the end Implications of the ruling in the US/Brazil cotton dispute - September

Arrested Development?: WTO July framework agreement leaves much to be done - August

An end to EU Sugar Dumping - August

One Minute to Midnight: Will WTO negotiations in July deliver a meaningful agreement? - July

Free Trade Agreement Between the USA and Thailand Threatens Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment - July

Undermining access to medicines: Comparison of five US FTAs - a technical note - June

South-South Trade and GSTP - June

The Rural Poverty Trap: Why agricultural trade rules need to change and what UNCTAD XI could do about it - June

Finding a way forward in the Doha Development Round: key issues for LDC trade - May

Made at Home: British homeworkers in global supply chains - May

Stitched Up: How rich-country protectionism in textiles and clothing trade prevents poverty alleviation - May

Euro-Med: Seeds of a raw deal? - May

Dumping on the world: How EU sugar policies hurt poor countries - April

'White Gold' turns to dust: Which way forward for cotton in West Africa? - March

Play Fair at the Olympics: respect workers' rights in the sportswear industry - Oxfam/Clean Clothes Campaign/Global Unions report - March

Trading away our rights: women working in global supply chains - February

Spotlight on subsidies: Cereal injustice under the CAP in Britain - January

The Commodities Challenge: Towards an EU Action Plan - January

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2003

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreements: Partnership or Penury? - November

Crossing the river by feeling the stones: why trade rules matter for poverty in China - keynote address by Kevin Watkins, Oxfam

The EU after Cancun: A way forward - October

Running into the Sand: Why failure at the Cancun trade talks threatens the world’s poorest people - September

Dumping Without Borders: How US agricultural policies are destroying the livelihoods of Mexican corn farmers - August

The Emperor’s New Clothes: Why rich countries want a WTO investment agreement - May

Six Arguments against an Investment Agreement at the WTO - May

EU Hypocrisy Unmasked: Why EU Trade Policy Hurts Development - May

Walk the Talk: A call to action to restore coffee farmers’ livelihoods - May

A Fair Deal for Albanian Farmers - March

Make Trade Fair in the Americas: Three Reasons to Say No to the FTAA - February

Europe and the Coffee Crisis: A Plan for Action - February

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2002

Milking the CAP: How Europe’s dairy regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world - December

Boxing match in agricultural trade Will WTO negotiations knock out the world’s poorest farmers? - November

Stop the Dumping! How EU agricultural subsidies are damaging livelihoods in the developing world - October

Cultivating Poverty: The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa - September

The Coffee Report - Mugged: Poverty in your coffee cup - September

The Great EU Sugar Scam: How Europe's sugar regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world - August

The Trade Report: Rigged Rules and Double Standards - April

Europe's Double Standards: How the EU should reform its trade policies with the developing world - April

A genuine development agenda for the Doha round of WTO negotiations Joint statement signed by CAFOD, Save the Children, Oxfam, Action Aid, World Vision, Christian Aid, The Fairtrade Foundation, Traidcraft, ITDG and World Development Movement - January

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