Challenging Corporate Investor Rule
How the World Bank’s investment court, free trade agreements, and bilateral investment treaties have unleashed a new era of corporate power and what to do about it.
Militarism and U.S. Trade Policy
In recent decades, U.S. global economic policies have increasingly driven U.S. military policy.
Political Football
The clock is ticking. The current strategy doesn’t seem to be working, but Coach Bush is reluctant to try something new.
Curing AIDS Policy of Greed and Dogma
When it comes to AIDS policy, the Global South doesn’t need charity or lectures about abstinence. Generic drugs and respecting women’s rights are the way to go.
Garca’s First 100 Days
Peru’s new president is pushing free market policies and promoting social justice. Can he do both?
Congress Approves Flawed Oman Trade Pact
Accord wont help abused guest workers.
Alternatives to a Wall
How NAFTA, CAFTA, and other corporate-friendly trade policies displace farmers and create mass migration, and how we can do better.
Trading on Terror to Profit a Few
This op-ed ran in the Los Angeles Times on June 26, 2006.
Free trade fails Latin America
Costa Rica is making headlines for a dead-heat election.
AFTER the FTAA: Lessons from Europe for the Americas
With the talks for a free trade agreement for the entire Western Hemisphere on the brink of collapse, this report offers lessons from the EU for an alternative approach to integration.
Al-Ahram Interview of Tom Barry
Tom Barry interviews Omayma Abdel-Latif Al-Ahram.
Kicking Away the Ladder: The “Real” History of Free Trade
Debunking the myth of free trade from the historical perspective demonstrates that there is an urgent need for thoroughly re-thinking some key conventional wisdom in the debate on trade policy, and more broadly on globalization.
Pillars of Power
How the free trade agenda promotes dirty energy.
Sustainable Development North and South
Climate change policy coherence in global trade and financial flows.