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Next Round Of Pacific Trade Talks Pact To Be Lengthy, Secretive

Monday, May 07, 2012

On Tuesday, the latest round of negotiations begins on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), potentially the largest free trade agreement ever signed by the United States.

Small Island States Combining Forces In Preparation For Rio+20

Monday, May 07, 2012

By the time small island developing states (SIDS) arrive at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil in June, they will have worked hard to co-ordinate their message to the rest of the world about the importance of sustainable development for their countries.

Unions Urge Development Bank To 'walk The Talk' On Labour Rights

Monday, May 07, 2012

The exclusion of certified labour union delegates from the official opening ceremony of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting here on May 4 revealed a wide gap between the Manila-based development bank’s promises and practices on labour rights.

Brazil Forging Strategic Alliance With Africa

Monday, May 07, 2012

The Brazilian government of Dilma Rousseff is taking firm steps towards stronger relations with Africa, such as the creation of a special fund to finance development projects together with multilateral lenders like the World Bank.

Vietnam’S Climate Woes Ignite National Strategy

Monday, May 07, 2012

Hailed as a development success story for lifting millions out of poverty and staying on track to meet all its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, Vietnam's future progress is severely threatened by the impact of global climate change.

Greek, French Elections Sound Death Knell For Austerity

Monday, May 07, 2012

The voting out of conservative governments in France and Greece this weekend heralds the end of harsh European austerity programmes and ushers in an era of new economic, investment, and social policies aimed at restoring growth and employment across the continent.

Corporations Win Big In Battle Against Investment Regulation

Sunday, May 06, 2012

In a world where governments are increasingly subservient to global finance capital, multinationals are gaining ground in the fight against state regulations that aim to protect the environment, public health or social policies.

American Beef On The Political Grill

Saturday, May 05, 2012

Taiwanese civic activists and opposition parties are persisting in efforts to block imports of high-risk American beef even though the ruling rightist Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) legislative majority narrowly defeated a push by opposition legislators Apr. 27 to suspend imports of American beef products.

Governments Can’T Do It Alone

Saturday, May 05, 2012

African countries need more support from the private sector in order to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by 2015, which include important development targets like poverty reduction, and improved health and education.

Expo 2012 Aims To Protect World's Endangered Oceans

Friday, May 04, 2012

Come May 12, South Korea will host its largest single landmark event for the year - an achitecturally-glittering Expo 2012 - continuing a 161-year-old tradition going back to the first Great Exhibition in England in 1851 showcasing the steam engine.

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