Full Coverage: Trade

15.05.2008 Selling excess rice held in Japan and imported from the United States would incite a rapid drop in the global price of rice but requires immediate action from Tokyo and Washington, write former editor of The Rice Trader, Tom Slayton, and policy analyst, Peter Timmer.

15.05.2008 The European Union’s plan for 'carbon equalisation' by imposing carbon tax on all imported items from countries not bound by Kyoto Protocol has not gone down well with countries like India. They see it as a new tariff barrier that will severely hamper international trade.

13.05.2008 More than 350,000 children living in poor countries could be saved each year using the money lost as corporations engage in illegal trade-related tax evasion, says a new report from an anti-poverty coalition.

05.05.2008 Thaimaa haluaisi Mekong-maiden perustavan riisinviejien järjestön. Kartelli-idea sai tuoreeltaan varsin nuivan vastaanoton. Vaikka riisin vientihinta on korkea, viljelijät eivät juuri pääse rikastumaan.

03.05.2008 UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations.