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.

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.

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

Watch interview here

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.

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.

Renewal of fast track trade negotiating authority for President Bush is a key factor in reviving the Doha negotiations at the WTO and U.S. civil society groups are telling the new Democratic Congress to refuse to support fast track renewal.

As moves are being made to revive the Doha negotiations at the World Trade Organization, labour unions in developing countries express opposition.

Reuters
Fri Mar 9, 2007 2:47 PM GMT15

Girish Mishra (Previously posted on Znet) - There is not even an iota of doubt that the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2007 that opened with much fan fair at Davos, a well known mountain resort in Switzerland, ended in a fiasco.

Wed Jan 10, 2007

By William Schomberg and Doug Palmer

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trade chiefs of the European Union and Japan promised on Wednesday to step up efforts to reach a global trade deal in a fresh sign that stalled five-year-old talks could soon be revived.

ORANGE FARM RESIDENTS CONTINUE PROTEST ACTIONS TO DEMAND BASIC SERVICES

TWO BLOCKADES OF THE GOLDEN HIGHWAY RESULT IN NUMEROUS ARRESTS AND 18 PEOPLE BEING SHOT & INJURED BY POLICE

ORANGE FARM WATER CRISIS COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE ORGANISING TO FORCE GOVERNMENT TO DELIVER BASIC SERVICES AND TO HOLD POLICE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS