By Robert Joumard (8 January 2016) They are called TAFTA, TiSA, TTIP, TTP, CETA – and many other names beside. Everything is done so that nobody understands anything and so that citizens will not be interested. For greater clarity, here we are …
Read More »Illegal trade at Torkham border: Pakistan loses Rs.5-6bn a month
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the national kitty was being deprived of Rs5 to 6 billion per month due to undocumented economy at the Torkham border, Bara and the hawala/hundi market. A report submitted by Additional …
Read More »What’s wrong with the Global Trade System?
Unequal Partners: rich countries abuse the system and bully poorer countries into agreeing to rules which favour the rich. The benefits of trade will only reach the poor – at home and in the developing world – if international trade …
Read More »Slave Trade: Call for reparations
Leaders of Caribbean nations have unanimously adopted a broad plan on seeking reparations from European nations for the lingering ill-effects of the ÂAtlantic slave trade. A UK human rights law firm hired by the Caribbean Community group of nations said …
Read More »Stop corporate take over of democracy!
By Nick Dearden/ David Cameron’s take on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the biggest trade deal in history, which is being negotiated in Brussels this week between US and EU representatives. TTIP is one of Cameron’s main objectives …
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