Food First or Trade First?

“Trade liberalization cannot set the determining framework for how food is produced and how agriculture is organized.”
Vandana Shiva
February 25, 2003

The Middle East Belongs in the World Economy

Developing trade policy with more Middle Eastern countries would help to secure peace and stability in the region.
Charlene Barshefsky
February 22, 2003

Save the WTO From the Doha Round

Plummeting expectations of the trade talks threaten to undermine the World Trade Organization itself
Ernesto Zedillo
May 9, 2007

Brazil to Break Merck AIDS Drug Patent to Lower Price

Generic producers, activists and Thailand welcome decision
Katia Cortes
May 17, 2007

Who's Monitoring Chinese Food Exports?

Buyers and sellers learn the hard way how pesticides defile the environment and food products
Nicholas Zamiska
April 13, 2007