Market rights
TRADE IN AGRICULTURE:THE URUGUAY ROUND AND AFTER Edited by B Bhattacharyya and A K Sengupta Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Rs 400
Riding the waves
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT Published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development . 1995
The Net profit
Today the Internet gives people a new voice as well the power to use it. People are communicating directly with government officials and …
Banning by the barrel
On November 26, 2003 Armenia ratified the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and …
"We need a revolution in global trade"
Walden Bello is professor of Sociology and Public Administration at the University of the Philippines, and executive director of the Bangkok-…
Baby food ad market alive
When the amendment to the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods Act 1992 banned advertising and promotional activity for …
Myanmar, a country in turmoil, emerging as key transit hub for wildlife trade: Report
Traffickers are using Mizoram as a new route to smuggle animals to supply the growing and thriving exotic pet market in India
How trade regulations may be opening up a new era of sustainable growth in the Global South
Trade agreements reduce frictions in trade, and lower the amount of time required to solve trade disputes
How not to save WTO
The WTO mini-ministerial held in March in New Delhi showed a poverty of ideas on how to protect the multilateral trade bloc from US assaults
Chinese nationals accused of driving Namibia’s wildlife to extinction
They are allegedly involved in escalating poaching of rhinos and elephants in Namibia and the illegal export of rhino horn and ivory
Brexit can put development at the heart of Africa-UK trade ties: British MP
According to the MP, the UK will seek every opportunity to minimise disruption in trading relationship
Voices against protectionism
Several Third World countries derided the North's attempts to link trade with social and environmental issues
Indonesia toes ITTO line
Indonesia's decision to comply with the International Timber Trade Organisation's policy on tropical timber, has sparked fears of an adverse …
Environmental Davids vs trade Goliaths
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Edited by J Arntzen, I Hemmer, O Kuik . Publisher: VU University Press, Amsterdam . Price: Not stated
Ours and theirs
An American company appropriates the name 'basmati' as its own, and the contentious issue of patents and protection comes to the fore once again
No horn, please!
About 250 Indian MPs sign a paper to oppose South Africa on rhino trade, but they do not know why
The green fences
Nobody knows what is green. Labels merely help companies to cash in on the guilt inherent in a consumer society
The confused consumer
An unaware and confused Indian consumer is groping in the dark, hoping to clutch at any green stalk of hope
'Fashion trends dictate the demand for herbs'
Rakesh Aggarwal, proprietor of the National Herbs Company, explains the pulse of the medicinal plants market to Vibha Varshney
Proposed RCEP trade deal anti-poor, compromises India's food sovereignty: protesters
The proposed mega trade agreement, which India and 15 other countries are negotiating, is likely to compromise food sovereignty of developing …
A robust maritime sector can steer inclusive development in India
Indigenous maritime sector requires a shift from current piecemeal policy architecture to a more holistic approach
Rich nations should reduce trade-distorting farm subsidies by 2019: India, China tell WTO
The countries say that talks on further discipline on domestic support can only happen after harmful subsidies are reduced
India opposes CITES move to regulate trade in all species of Dalbergia
It calls for considering individual species based on its conservation status in the wild and market status of international trade while unveiling …
Over 20,000 wildlife crimes recorded in India
Seizures of ivory, skins and bones of wildlife species represent only those cases which come to light
Smokescreen
The most powerful government in the world and the behemoth tobacco industry are waging a ding-dong battle over...well, cigarettes