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Global Europe
(PDF† 47K) Jun 2007
Friends of the Earth's view on the European Commission's Global Europe strategy.
Food Sovereignty leaflet
(PDF † 264K) Apr 2007
This leaflet explores the right of people to define their own food and agriculture policies.
Corporate conquest
(PDF† 147K) September 2006
Why the UK and its EU partners must stop forcing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) upon developing countries.
Keep poverty
history
(PDF† 207K) September
2005
This briefing shows why any gains developing countries make in
aid and debt relief will be lost to "free" trade, and how
current "solutions" are short term at best.
What's
wrong with world trade?
(PDF† 215K) September 2005
This briefing looks at the world trade system and explains why Friends
of the Earth believes it is fundamentally flawed.
What you
need to know about NAMA
(PDF† 52K) October 2004
Friends of the Earth International explain why the WTO's
Non-Agricultural Market Access (NAMA) negotiations threaten the environment
and development.
Not dead but dying
(PDF† 222K) August
2004
A Friends of the Earth briefing examines how the vested interests of
the WTO ensured
that a critical deal in July was reached - regardless of the consequences
- and explains why Friends of the Earth believes the WTO
is digging its own grave.
GATS
in Wales: Understanding the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(PDF†140K) April 2004
This briefing looks at how GATS
will affect the powers of the Welsh Assembly and what action
the Assembly can take to protect its ability to regulate in the public
interest.
UKplc
in Latin America
(PDF† 766K) September
2003
The EU, backed heavily by the UK, continues to push hard for a new WTO
investment agreement while British multinationals plough on with the
kind of investment such an agreement would promote. Friends of the Earth
exposes the plans, demands the accountability of those responsible,
and shows up the WTO investment agreement myth.
Open
wide, this won't hurt a bit
(PDF† 162K) July
2003
This briefing explains what a WTO investment agreement would look like
and why we don't need it.
Investment
and the WTO - Busting the myths
(PDF† 425K) June 2003
This briefing aims to explode some of the myths surrounding
FDI and the 'benefits' of establishing an investment agreement in the
WTO.
GM trade war looms
(PDF† 241K) May
2003
The WTO's Dispute Resolution Mechanism decides who wins and
who loses in international trade wars. This briefing exposes how it
works, and explores what may happen following the US complaint against
the EU over GM food.
GATS
gotta go
(PDF†) November
2002
This briefing gives essential background information about GATS and
suggests more ways individuals and groups can help halt this latest
push in the WTO's expansion.
GATS Primer -
Understanding the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services
(PDF†) November
2002
This primer looks at GATS and how it relates to social and environmental
concerns. The issues and obligations that make up GATS and the possible
implications of GATS on local communities and the environment are discussed.
Stealing
our water
(PDF† format 406K)
Friends of the Earth briefing on GATS.
Liberalising
trade in services
(PDF† format 245K)
January 2003
Friends of the Earth's response to the DTI consultation condemns the
limited timeframe the DTI gave for responses and the lack of transparency
in negotiations. Our response reflects on examples of previous liberalisation
in the UK (eg. the privatisation of rail, the recent maritime oil disasters)
to highlight the problems with this agreement.
No deal
The resources below can be printed out and used to promote the No deal action.
No deal poster (PDF† 650K)
No deal banner (can be used as a poster PDF† 1830K)
No deal beermat - climate (PDF† 115K)
No deal beermat - dolphins (PDF† 117K)
No deal beermat - forests (PDF† 113K)
No deal beermat - back (PDF† 115K)
Vote for green trade justice
The resources below can be printed out and used to promote the Vote for Green Trade Justice action.
Vote for green trade justice action card (PDF† 288K)
Vote for green trade justice poster (PDF† 415K)
Thumbs up for green trade justice leaflet (PDF† 719K)
Friends of the Earth's evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee
(PDF† format 140K) July 2006
Friends of the Earth's submits evidence on 'International Trade & the World Trade Organisation' to the Enviromental Audit Committee.
Glossary
of terms - World Trade Organization
(PDF† 192K) August
2003
Understanding trade jargon is an essential first step for anyone wanting
to understand or change the international trade system. This is a guide
to help would-be trade campaigners crack the WTO code.
No
Deal action guide
(PDF† 166K) October 2005
Ways you can take action on the NAMA
campaign to stop WTO
talks threatening people and planet.
Trade
activists guide: Trade, food and agriculture
(PDF† format
1.02MB) November 2001
This guide explores some of the effects of globalisation and free trade
on food and agriculture. It is intended to provide activists with information
that can be used to brief officials, the public or media.
The Happy Planet Index
(PDF† format 1664K) July 2006
A new global measure of progress, the ‘Happy Planet Index’, measures the environmental cost with which countries deliver lives of different length and happiness to reveal for the first time that happiness doesn’t have to cost the Earth.
Can't see the forest for the TR€£$
(PDF† format 1450K) November
2005
This report looks at how trade talks to open up markets for timber
and wood products could speed up destruction of the world's forests,
devastating the livelihoods of millions of the poorest people in the
world and undermining efforts to tackle climate change.
GATS:
its local impact in England
(PDF† format 830K) January
2003
This report examines the aspects of GATS that relate to five
key areas of activity for local government in England - planning, regeneration,
green procurement, environmental protection and transport - to identify
the potential impact.
Sale of the
Century? The WTO's 4th ministerial
November 2001
This series of five reports from Friends of the Earth International
examines the theories, impacts and institutions of world trade, outlines
the proposals for trade negotiations in various sectors at the 4th WTO
ministerial meeting, and assesses the influence of transnational corporations.
Towards
sustainable economies: challenging neoliberal economic globalisation
(PDF†) January
2003
Friends of the Earth International report setting out guidelines for
developing fair and sustainable economics.
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