Global trade past mistakes, future choices
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Halifax, NS
Fernwood Pub
2005
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| Schriftenreihe: | Global issues
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-285) and index Figures and Tables; Introduction; 1. A history of global trade; 2. Global trade negotiations; 3. High-income countries and trade; 4. Low-income countries and trade; 5. Trade, poverty and inequality; 6. Trade and the environment; 7. The future of oil; 8. The future of global balance-of-payments problems; 9. The policies of the global justice movement; 10. Global trade: lessons for the future; Suggested reading; Index The book traces the history of global trade, the impact of current global trading arrangements on poverty, inequality and the environment, its hugely differential consequences for high-income and low income countries, and the future options for revised trading arrangements. It argues that factors like future fossil fuel costs, global warming, and the economic imbalances between North and South are likely to impel a radical reshaping of the WTO and the principles enshrined in its agreements. It outlines the diverse proposals advocated by the global justice movement to make global trade more sus |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 294 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781848130678 1848130678 9832535727 1552661784 1842775790 |