News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 910
HEALTH: U.S. Intensifies Anti-Counterfeit Drive in East Africa
- Inter Press Service
The U.S.’s recent promotion of intellectual property (IP) rights in Uganda is an indirect way of introducing the Anti-Counterfeits Trade Agreement (ACTA) debate in East Africa.
Chinese Show Europeans a New Face
- Inter Press Service
German Chancellor Angel Merkel's weekend visit to China has put a positive spin on the increasingly complex economic relations between China and the European Union, but the flurry of deals signed has not disguised the fact that Beijing faces challenges over its EU policies both at home and abroad.
Obama-Cameron Meet Overshadowed By BP and Libya
- Inter Press Service
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Washington, DC on Tuesday was supposed to be an opportunity for the Conservative Party leader to build a rapport with U.S. President Barack Obama.
MEXICO: Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests
- Inter Press Service
Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when they are invasive exotic species.
Sustainable Aquaculture Picks Up Steam
- Inter Press Service
As farmed fish consumption catches up on wild, a search for sustainable aquaculture picks up steam.
HEALTH: Intellectual Property Rights Remain A Barrier to Drugs
- Inter Press Service
Intellectual property (IP) rights are a key reason for high medicine prices, rendering such medicines unaffordable and therefore out of reach for poor people. While mechanisms exist to circumvent IP, poor countries have been browbeaten into adopting stringent IP laws.
No Sign of Financial Regulation
- Inter Press Service
More than three years after the start of the financial crisis that brought the world economy to the brink of collapse, the governments of industrialised countries are still struggling to reach a consensus on the minimum regulation required for the operations of international banks and hedge funds.
ARGENTINA: A Livelihood from Whales - Without Hunting
- Inter Press Service
If you want to observe the charismatic southern right whale (Eubalaena australis), the most popular place to do so is off Argentina's Valdés Peninsula, an enclave on the Atlantic coast that relies on tourist dollars -- and therefore opposes whale hunting.
HEALTH: East African Laws Confuse Fake and Generic Drugs - WHO
- Inter Press Service
The World Health Organisation (WHO) agrees that the anti-counterfeit legislation that has been adopted or that is under consideration in East Africa threatens the accessibility of affordable generic medicines.
China: Outsmarting the West in African Markets
- Inter Press Service
China's interest in Africa is frequently portrayed simply as that of a rising economic power seeking natural resources. Deborah Brautigam argues that this portrayal misses the full complexity of business relations between China and the continent.
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