The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements
President Obama is reversing his earlier commitment to a new kind of trade relationship with the world by pushing three ill-conceived FTAs.
Enough Free Trade Nonsense
A limitless world of sweatshops isn’t good for anyone.
A Volatile Agenda on Agriculture
The U.S.-Colombia free trade pact would reinforce a system that leaves farmers and consumers at the mercy of volatile prices and markets.
Big Bad Free Trade Accord
How come your teeth are so long, Grandma?
How Do International Trade and Investment Rules Affect Public Finance for Development?
Government efforts to finance job creation and other public goods can clash with subsidies restrictions in trade agreements.
Colombia Free Trade Deal Could Boost Cocaine Exports
There’s only one Colombian industry that can potentially employ workers who would lose their job in the wake of a free trade deal.
A Government Expense We Would Shut Down: U.S. Trade Representative Office
Obama’s trade representative is trying hard to push approval of deals that the Bush administration negotiated.
Obama in Latin America: Another Missed Opportunity
What might have been a high-profile trip heralding a new U.S. partnership with Latin America based on equity and mutual interests turned out to confirm the same old top-down approach to north-south relations.
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
A free-trade agreement that floods Colombia with cheap U.S.-produced grains could drive farmers to coca production.
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production.
Trading with the Enemy
U.S. economic policy toward Africa has done little to promote democracy, transparency, or sustainability.
Free Trade Kills Korean Farmers
The Obama administration is pushing a free trade agreement that will have dire consequences for Koreans.
Peru Trade Deal Unravels
Democrats and civil society groups won important concessions on the free trade agreement with Peru. But politicians in both countries have undermined those gains.
We Need to Rethink, Not Rearm NAFTA
While Canada and the US get ready to move bilaterally to beef up border security, we wonder who benefits from the proposed “security perimeter.”
The Age of Vulnerability
How the 2008 financial crash redefined what it means to be economically vulnerable.