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Truth or Consequences
Why the EU and the US must reform their subsidies or pay the price
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Africa and the Doha Round
Fighting to keep development alive
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Kicking Down the Door
The new Oxfam report highlights the inequities in global trade policies and calls for meaningful attention to development issues in ongoing trade negotiations.
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Briefing paper
A Raw Deal for Rice Under DR-CAFTA
The Free Trade Agreement between the United States and the Central American countries together with the Dominican Republic (DR-CAFTA) threatens the livelihoods of thousands of rice farmers in Central America. It opens the door to massive subsidized US rice exports at prices below the cost of production. If the Agreement is ratified and implemented, a flood of subsidized rice will displace thousands of Central American producers from the market. Only a few export and import companies will reap benefits. The dependence on food imports that DR-CAFTA will provoke may also worsen current levels of food insecurity for Central American countries. Oxfam fears that the implementation of DR-CAFTA will have a negative impact on poverty reduction in the Central American region.
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Finding the Moral Fiber
In the briefing paper Finding the Moral Fiber: Why Reform Is Urgently Needed for a Fair Cotton Trade, Oxfam calls for a timetable for the elimination of all trade-distorting cotton subsidies.
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Briefing paper
From Cancun to Miami
The FTAA Threat to Development in the Hemisphere
