News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 848
Businesses in Brazil Rediscover 'Route to the Indies'
- Inter Press Service
Companies from Brazil and India -- whose bilateral trade flow rose nearly threefold in the last three years -- are starting to diversify and complement their business dealings in order to strengthen the two emerging powers' economic presence in the world, in a kind of new two-way 'route to the Indies'.
WATER: Working Together on River Management
- Inter Press Service
Postwar Angola is keen to expand irrigation for much-needed development, Namibia is prioritising clean drinking water and sanitation, while Botswana wants to preserve the integrity of the world-renowned Okavango Delta for tourism.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Non-Tariff Trade Barriers Springing Up
- Inter Press Service
Despite regional initiatives that even include the eventual possibility of a ‘‘Cape- to-Cairo’’ free trade area, protectionist impulses have caused non-tariff barriers to spring up across Southern Africa.
U.S.: Tears and Anger after Wisconsin Passes Anti-Union Bill
- Inter Press Service
Emotions are running high at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin after Republican senators passed a revised version of a budget repair bill that will take away public workers' collective bargaining rights in an ad hoc session Wednesday night.
INDIA: Court Challenges Dubious Environmental Impact Reports
- Inter Press Service
India’s Supreme Court has questioned clearances to industries on the basis of environment impact assessments (EIAs) carried out by private consultants in the pay of project proponents.
Public Debate on the Shape of Socialism in Cuba
- Inter Press Service
The absence of more open social policies and real citizen participation are some of the concerns being debated in the run-up to the Sixth Congress of the ruling Cuban Communist Party (PCC) in April.
KENYA: Budget Too Small to Cover Health Needs
- Inter Press Service
Professor Anyang Nyong'o might have guessed that a trip to the United States for treatment for prostate cancer would provoke a furore: he is the Minister for Medical Services.
IBSA Together in Resisting No-fly Zone
- Inter Press Service
India has found backing at this week’s India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) ministers meeting for its stance that a no-fly zone over Libya must follow multilateral consultations.
EUROPE: Greek Tragedy, Act II
- Inter Press Service
Fears are growing that in the coming months Greece will face increasing difficulty in responding to its debt obligations, despite the ambitious structural adjustment package that was introduced last year.
WOMEN'S DAY: Without Grassroots, the Tree Will Not Stand
- Inter Press Service
Women from grassroots organisations all across the globe arrived in New York this week for a five-day summit dedicated to bolstering female and community- based representation at the all levels of political decision making.
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