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Why Are We Bullying The World's Poorest Countries?

Mark Fried | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada
Read More: Ldcs, Least-Developed-Countries, Intellectual Property, World Trade Organization, Wto, Tripps, Developing Countries, Canada News
Mark Fried

We haven't heard much out of the World Trade Organization since 2005, when the US government decided to continue subsidizing corporate farms rather than forge a global trade deal. Yet the WTO machinery keeps grinding on -- and grinding poor countries down.

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Fix a Law for Life: Canada's "Medicines for All" Campaign

Richard Elliott | Posted 01.20.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Stephanie Nolen, World Trade Organization, Canada AIDS, Camr, Bill C-398, World Aids Day 2012, Hiv, World AIDS Day, Canada Impact News
Richard Elliott

In the lead up to World AIDS Day 2012 on December 1, Canada's Parliament has the chance to repair Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) and finally get the job done. Members of Parliament must make the all-important decision to end partisan political squabbling and vote "yes" for Bill C-398, the bill that will fix CAMR once and for all. Millions of lives hang in the balance.

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Will Proposed U.S. Law Spark A Trade War With China?

CP | Scott McDonald, The Associated Press | Posted 12.04.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Wto, World Trade Organization, U.s. Dollar Devaluation, Chinese Yuan, U.S. China Trade, China Yuan, U.S. Dollar, China, Trade War, u.s. Currency Law, u.s. China Trade War, Cp, Canada Business News

BEIJING, China - China stepped up its criticism Tuesday of a proposed U.S. law to punish countries with artificially low currencies, saying there woul...

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Green Energy Act Sufferers Seeing Red

John Laforet | Posted 12.03.2011 | Canada
Read More: Green Energy Economy, Ontario Election, Mesa Energy, T. Boone Pickens, World Trade Organization, Ontario, Trillium Power, Green Energy Act, European Union, Pickens Plan, Canada, Green Energy, Nafta, Japan, Ontario Green Energy Act, Wind Power, Feed-in Tariff, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tim Hudak, International Trade, Offshore Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, Dalton Mcguinty, Green Jobs, Industrial Wind Turbine, Green Economy, Eu, Wto, Canada News
John Laforet

Dalton McGuinty's Green Energy Act has failed to provide the thousands of high value jobs he has spent the last two years claiming it would and Canada's reputation as a free trader is being challenged by important members of the global community. But sadly, it's Ontarians who will clean up the mess.

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Obama's Jobs Plan Strains Relations With Canada

CP | Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.13.2011 | Canada Politics
Read More: Obama Jobs, World Trade Organization, Nafta, u.s.-Canada Trade, American Jobs Act, u.s.-Canada Relationship, Protectionism, Obama Job Creation, Obama Jobs Plan, Buy American, Barack Obama, Cp, Canada Politics News

WASHINGTON - Call it Buy American, The Sequel.U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed new $447 billion American Jobs Act is aimed at creating much-need...

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UN: U.S., European Austerity Leading To Disaster

Reuters | Tom Miles | Posted 11.06.2011 | Canada Business
Read More: Heiner Flassbeck, u.s. Austerity, World Trade Organization, Unctad, Wto, Austerity Economics, Europe Debt Crisis, u.s Debt Crisis, Europe Austerity, Austerity, Reuters, Canada Business News

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The pursuit of austerity measures and deficit cuts is pushing the world economy toward disaster in a mi...

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