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The mission of the Center is to increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism.
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Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies Home The more we liberalize trade, and the more we expand it, the higher our standards of living Appearing before Congress Joint Economic Committee in June, 2005, the Fed Chairman had this to say: A very substantial amount of America's prosperity...Presents the arguments of both those who support as well as oppose globalization.
http://www.globalisationguide.org/
Looks at the lives of real people who are being affected by the processes of globalization.
http://www.aworldconnected.org/
Detailed information of World Economic Forum member organizations by region, country and continent. Also lists specific multinational corporate names.
http://www.geocities.com/pwdyson/wef_orgs.htm
Functional trade policy issues including development, agriculture, environment, labour, finance, investment, and transport.
http://www.thunderlake.com/linksissue.html
Annotated links to international affairs, and foreign trade and research resources.
http://www.thunderlake.com/linksgov.html
Brief excerpt from book of that title by Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith.
http://www.southendpress.org/books/globalexc.shtml
News, background information, and links on international trade issues, including GATT, NAFTA, and the WTO.
http://www.policyalmanac.org/economic/international_trade.shtml
A briefing by Corporate Europe Observatory critical of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), giving a history, background of major interests, and the role of international organizations.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ceo/mai/
A slide show attempting to educate citizens on the global economy and the current global economic crisis based on Z Magazine articles by Robin Hahnel.
http://www.zmag.org/Instructionals/GlobalEcon/id1_m.htm
Information, articles and education on globalisation issues, from the trade unionist perspective.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/globalisation/
Promotes an open system of world trade, finance, and investment from the perspective of business.
http://www.uscib.org/
The Campaign promotes the view that free trade frees people; it is fundamental to eliminating poverty, promoting development and achieving political and economic freedom.
http://www.freedomtotrade.org/
Articles and links about issues of fairness in trade.
http://internationalecon.com/fairtrade/index.html
Represents American business interests through developing positions on international trade and investment issues.
http://www.brtable.org/issue.cfm/9
A program of progressive development policy research and practice that works on regional and global policy analysis, micro-macro linking and advocacy work.
http://www.focusweb.org/
Addresses several aspects of the current model for global trading and how developing and developed nations could be affected.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/TradeRelated.asp
Policy and research institutions connected to the world's trade union movements.
http://www.globalpolicynetwork.org/
News articles, working papers and links to various trade-related resources, such as NGO sites and government positions on trade policy.
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/
Coverage on trade from the OneWorld partnership network working for sustainable development and human rights worldwide.
http://www.oneworld.net/campaigns/trade/
Alliance of sawmill employees and woodland owners united in opposition to Canada's trade practice related to lumber exports.
http://www.fairlumbercoalition.org/
Broad-based coalition representing American business and agriculture.
http://www.usaengage.org/
Essays on trade issues, with a focus on agriculture, labor rights, preferences and a new round.
http://www.washingtontradereports.com/
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development provides several in depth reports on the WTO and Globalization
http://www.cafod.org.uk/policy/
Archives of the MAI-NOT project, with a selection of anti-globalization links and a discussion forum.
http://www.flora.org/mai/