Christian Aid's 2007 report "A Rich Seam: Who Benefits from Rising Commodity Prices?" indicates that mining companies that extract raw commodities—such as oil, nickel, or copper—turn th
Trade
Elizabeth Palmberg 5-01-2007
• Write your members of Congress to demand that they not renew the president's "fast track" authority on trade agreements, which ties Congress's hands by allowing it only to approv
Laurel Mathewson 5-01-2007
1) As a citizen:
Join the trade justice movement
Go to the "get involved" or "take action" links on the following Web sites:
- U.S.
Elizabeth Palmberg 5-01-2007
Understanding the perils and promise of international trade. Includes Web Exclusive: List of additional readings and resources.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 3-01-2007
The U.S. provided nearly half of the conventional weapons sold to developing nations in 2005
Rose Marie Berger, 7-01-2003
As if there weren't enough reasons to get rid of your cell phone, a new study from the Worldwatch Institute reports that coltan—the mineral that keeps cell phones and other electronic eq
Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter 7-01-2001
Protesters anywhere have a legitimate case to make, as long as it’s not made with violence.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 5-01-2001
On the day the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect, the Zapatista movement began—a rebellion, they said, against the forces of globalization on behalf of the rights of indigenous Mexicans.
Rose Marie Berger, Susannah Hunter 3-01-2001
John Sage is low-key in approach and evangelistic in mission: Save the world through coffee. Can't be done, you say?
Jim Rice 5-01-2000
The current debate about trade with China is a perfect illustration of the double standards (and double talk) that permeate U.S. foreign policy. The Clinton administration wants to end the annual review of China’s trade status, arguing that increased business relations will improve human rights in the communist nation.
The administration, of course, makes exactly the opposite argument when it comes to Cuba, for which the U.S. government has nothing but contempt and economic sanctions, at least as long as Castro is in power and Cuban expatriates carry such weight in Florida politics (and presidential primaries).
But China is a special case, not the least because of its sheer size. The business community drools over the prospect of all those new customers. One only has to imagine the captains of industry humming their mantra—"a billion Cokes a day"—to see why U.S. business consortiums are lobbying so hard to opening China’s door to international commerce.
China currently enjoys "normal trade relations" (which used to be called "most favored nation" status) with the United States. But each year, that status comes up for congressional renewal. In one of those lovely quirks of timing, the annual review coincides with the anniversary of the 1989 massacre in Tiananmen Square, thus providing the opportunity for an annual discussion and debate centered (usually) on human rights and not just dollars-and-cents.
Jim Wallis 3-01-2000
The real story in Seattle was not the violence of demonstrators nor the misbehavior of police.