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Our Trade Program aims to stimulate citizen education and action for a global trade system that is just, sustatainable and democratic. In the global economy, trade should be a tool for development. Yet, the neo-liberal model of free trade that dominates cross border sales of goods and services today is designed to serve the market interests of transnational corporations rather than the development priorities of people. The main focus of our program has been to challenge the World Trade Organization --- which acts as the governing body for the global economy --- plus regional trade regimes such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Free Trade Area of the Americas. To learn more about our position on trade issues, check out the international civil society statement developed by the Our World Is Not For Sale network.

Feature: Corporate Vultures Lurk Behind the World Food Crisis

Posted April 30, 2008 in [Trade]


Anuradha Mittal, AlterNet, April 29, 2008 - The IMF, WTO and the rest of the neoliberal world are still pushing more trade as a cure for what ails us.

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We should all support NAFTA renegotiation

Posted March 14, 2008 in [Trade]


Frances Russell, Winnipeg Free Press, March 5, 2008 - Canadians and Mexicans should pressure their governments to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement — Canadians to regain control over energy and Mexicans to regain control over agricultural land.

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The Free Trade Agreement: '20 Years Later'

Posted January 2, 2008 in [Trade]


Free trade has failed to live up to its promises - study -- The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, press release, December 28, 2007 - Twenty years after Canada signed the Free Trade Agreement its biggest boosters have grown wealthier but promises of better jobs and rising living standards fell short, says a

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Two Canadians Win Alternative Nobel Awards

Posted December 11, 2007 in [Trade]


Farm couple, Percy Schmeiser and Louise Schmeiser, have been awarded the 2007 Right Livelihood Award [better known as the 'Althernative Nobel Prize'] in Sweden for their courage in waging battles against genetically engineered food production and companies like Monsanto. The 2007 Right Livelihood Awards highlight solutions to global challenges.

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Polaris Institute and Others Issue Economic Challenge to Bali Conference on Climate Change

Posted December 7, 2007 in [Trade]


The Polaris Institute joins the Institute for Policy Studies and the International Forum on Globalization in issuing an economic challenge to Bali conference on climate change.

The Document is attached below

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IFG Teach-In on the Triple Crises!

Posted September 4, 2007 in [Trade]


The International Forum on Globalization is hosting a teach-in called 'Confronting the Global Triple Crises' of our times --- climate change, peak oil, and resource depletion --- September 14-16 in Washington DC.


The Polaris Institute is co-sponsoring and participating.

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Is water on the table at Montebello?

Posted August 21, 2007 in [Trade]


Linda McQuaig, August 21, 2007, Toronto Star - One thing we can be pretty sure won't be announced when Stephen Harper, George Bush and Mexican president Felipe Calderon emerge from their summit in Montebello, Que., later today is a plan to divert Canadian water to the United States.

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Is the US Annexing Canada and Mexico?

Posted August 20, 2007 in [Trade]


Exposing the 'Security and Prosperity Partnership', an interview with Polaris Institute Director Tony Clarke.

Watch interview here

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Big Business Drivers Behind SPP

Posted August 17, 2007 in [Trade]


Tony Clarke, The Polaris Institute, August 17, 2007 - As Prime Minister Stephen Harper plays host to the ‘three amigos summit’ in Montebello next week amidst a flurry of protests, Canadians languishing in the ‘dog days of summer’ may well wonder what the fuss is all about. Why are U.S.

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Save Small Farmers and Public health, Not Doha

Posted April 3, 2007 in [Trade]


When the WTO convened a special seminar in New Delhi of trade experts, government officials and corporation leaders March 10th for the purpose of saving the Doha round of global trade negotiations, Indian social movements protested. Read More.

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