trade

A history of failure: Free Trade

Aura Silva Martinez December 12, 2015 0 Comments

We live in a world that revolves around the neoliberal economic system in place. Where free trade has becomes more and more normalized everyday. With such rapids trends of globalization happening around the world, it is worth taking a look at the institutions ruling this process. After the World War II, the General Agreement on Trade an Tariffs (GATT) was created. This institution had some...

Development Justice Now! Declaration of the Peoples’ Global Camp at WTO

guest December 8, 2013 0 Comments

as the latest WTO round closed in Bali this week, we are cross-posting the declaration which came out of the Peoples' Global Camp. We, representatives of people’s organizations, social movements and political forces come together in the People’s Global Camp (PGC) in Denpasar, Bali on December 3-6, 2013 to collectively expose, resist and call to junk the renewed neoliberal offensives of the...

CITES COP 16: Opening and Plenary, Happy 40th, CITES!

guest March 3, 2013 0 Comments

by guest blogger The opening ceremony was quite a spectacle. To summarize very briefly and quite paraphrased: Prince William: "We can reverse these trends. We can make a difference" (via video chat) Oystein Stokersen (Chair of CITES Standing Committee): "Must involve communities dependent on resources being managed in a sustainable manner" Achim Steiner (UNEP Executive Director): "It is easy...

CITES COP 16: Shark Press Conference

guest March 3, 2013 0 Comments

by guest blogger This morning, the European Union held a press conference to discuss the marine proposals to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES)--recommendations to list a number of shark species and manta rays under Appendix II. What is CITES? The primary goal of CITES is to regulate international wildlife trade of species and to protect them...

Earth in Brackets is reporting from CITES COP16

mcalderon March 3, 2013 0 Comments

Earth in Brackets is reporting from CITES COP16! Follow us here as well as on facebook and twitter for information on the negotiations on the international trade in endangered species! Parties are coming together to discuss proposals on issues concerning transport of musical instruments (often made from rare woods), the international trade in timber, and proposals on the statuses of sharks,...