News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 593
Brazil Wide Open to Cyber Invasion
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 16 (IPS) - Brazil, reportedly one of the main targets of U.S. signals spying, is attempting to untangle a web of hi-tech espionage with low-tech equipment reminiscent of a novel by British author John le Carré.
Measuring CO2 in Green Ecosystems of the Mexican Caribbean
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jul 16 (IPS) - Jungles, forests, mangroves, swamps and lagoons are natural carbon storehouses or "sinks" in the Caribbean regions of Mexico. But now studies are being conducted to measure their capacity for absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Critics Warn Pacific Pact Could Jack Up Drug Costs
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - As a new round of talks behind a major proposed free trade area, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), get underway this week, the United States is pushing several developing countries to accept provisions that critics say would make it more difficult for their citizens to access medicine.
Israel Resumes Threats Against Iran as Experts Urge Patience
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 16 (IPS) - As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed his threats to attack Iranian nuclear facilities, 29 former senior U.S. experts and foreign diplomats urged President Barack Obama to show greater flexibility in anticipated negotiations following the inauguration of President-elect Hassan Rouhani.
Russia Contests U.S. Proposal for Major Antarctic Conservation Zone
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) - International negotiations between more than two-dozen countries to set up conservation areas in the Antarctic seas were thrown into confusion Monday when the Russian and Ukrainian delegations questioned the body's legal standing to make such designations, despite previous precedent.
Caribbean Bananas: Organic Production vs. Disease Control
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jul 14 (IPS) - FAO is currently supporting two seemingly contradictory projects in Caribbean countries: while one seeks to promote organic production, the other involves the use of chemical fungicides to fight black sigatoka, the worst enemy of this key food crop.
REDD a 'False Solution' for Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 14 (IPS) - REDD – reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation – would seem to be a mitigation strategy that perfectly matches Africa's needs.
EU Bank ‘Funding Polluters’
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (IPS) - The European Investment Bank, the largest institutional bank in the world, is facing criticism for its funding of fossil fuel projects and for weaker standards for lending to coal plants than currently proposed in both the U.S. and Canada.
New Labour Norms Could Hurt Bangladesh
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 13 (IPS) - The decisions of the United States and the European Union to demand implementation of controversial labour standards in Bangladesh following the Sawa industrial tragedy pose a serious threat to the rule-based global trading system, says Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General for United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
Turkish Women Push Back Against Patriarchy
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jul 13 (IPS) - Among the many issues bringing protestors together at Gezi Park, the now-iconic site of struggle in Istanbul's Taksim Square, is the demand for women's liberation.
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