High Agriculture Prices and Rural Development

The UN Conference on Trade and Development should take steps to support agriculture and address price volatility, finds a new paper by IATP's Anne Laure Constantin.

• A Time of High Prices: An Opportunity for the Rural Poor?  Report | Apr 18  | PDF
• Can High Agriculture Prices Spur Development?  Press release | Apr 18  | PDF
• IATP's UNCTAD XII web page 

Biofuels Affecting Biodiversity

Increasing production of crops for biofuels is exacerbating agriculture's impact on biodiversity in many parts of the world, finds a new report by the IATP.

• Biofuel and Global Biodiversity  Report | May 6  | PDF
• Biofuels Contributing to Changing Land-Use Patterns, Affecting Biodiversity  Press release | May 6  | PDF
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Time to Renegotiate NAFTA

After over a decade of living with NAFTA, it's time to address the inequities caused by this devastating free trade agreement, writes IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch.

• NAFTA Takes the Spotlight: It's About Time  Commentary | Mar 17  | PDF
• Parliamentarians from NAFTA Countries Announce Task Force for Renegotiation  PDF
• NAFTA Must Be Renegotiated: A Civil Society Proposal  PDF

The Food Crisis and Presidential Politics

We have heard little from U.S. Presidential candidates on how they would address the growing food crisis. IATP's Alexandra Spieldoch and Dennis Olson explain how the next Administration could make a difference.

• Will the Food Crisis Finally Get the Attention of Presidential Candidates?  Commentary | May 6  | PDF

Trade Rules and Biofuels

International trade and investment rules will influence the future of the emerging biofuel sector, finds a new paper by IATP's Sophia Murphy.

• The Multilateral Trade and Investment Context for Biofuels  Report | Apr 14  | PDF
• Global Rules to Shape Biofuel Market  Press release | Apr 14  | PDF

The Global System Needs a Makeover

In a new article in Trade Insight, IATP's Carin Smaller writes that we need a new global system where financial and trade institutions work together with the United Nations to address global challenges.

• The Global System Needs a Makeover  Commentary | Feb 28  | PDF
• Trade Insight  PDF

Biological Globalization

First comprehensive book on bio-invasions from the leading Dutch environmental research organization, CLM. Biological Globalisation: Bio-invasions and their impacts on nature, the economy and public health is a thorough and informative overview of all aspects of bioglobalisation. It describes its nature and scope, as well as history, drivers and mechanisms. Using vivid examples, the book addresses which species are likely to become invasive, which bioregions are vulnerable, and whether we can and should try to control bio-invasions

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Can Free Trade Cure All?

WTO Director Pascal Lamy recently argued that free trade is the best insurance against volatile financial markets. In a new commentary, IATP's Alexandra Strickner and ATTAC's Christian Felber question whether trade expansion is the solution.

• Is Free Trade and "Insurance" Against Financial Turbulence?  Commentary | Feb 21  | PDF

New WTO Ag Text Falls Short - Again

New draft agricultural trade rules at the World Trade Organization fail to repair a deeply flawed and unpopular negotiating agenda, says IATP.

• New WTO Agriculture Text Falls Short ? Again  Press release | Feb 8  | PDF
• WTO Revised Agriculture Modalities Text