Global Trade
Subtitle: Past Mistakes, Future Choices (Global Issues Series)
Publisher: Zed Books; Fernwood Publishing Ltd.; Books for Change; Strategic Information Research Development; David Philip
Published: December 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781842775790
Subjects: International economics; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Foreign trade regulation; Globalization; International trade
Description: 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.