GLOBALIZATION BULLETIN 
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Vol 2. No. 1 

                           

Trade Agreements

Argentina Curbs Imports from Brazil, China

Mercosur Union Post.  75/2005.  To subscribe,  mailto:mup@sindicatomercosul.com.br

Negotiators Call for FTAA Talks

Mercosur Union Post.  75/2005. 

Big Pharma's Free Ride (in CAFTA)

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/trade/2005/0812pharma.htm

In the Name of Development: Whose Agenda for the Doha Round?

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/bwi-wto/wto/2005/0819inthename.htm

Agricultural Subsidies, comments by Dean Baker

http://www.cepr.net/err/2005_09_12.htm

WTO Chief Faces Toughest Test Over Doha Trade Talks

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/bd163204-260d-11da-a4a7-00000e2511c8.html

Stop the WTO Corporate Agenda Before Hong Kong!

http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/free/wto/geneva2005/

 

Expiration of the Multifiber Agreement

British Ports in Chaos Over Chinese Textiles

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-1750014,00.html

 

The Global Economy         

The Crushing Cost of the Russian Counter-Revolution by Jonathan Steele

http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1566193,00.html

Volkswagen To Make Big Job Cuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4215560.stm

One Tax the Rich Will Love by Will Hutton

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,1567231,00.html

Siemens Plans to Cut 2400 Jobs

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/international/europe/20berlin.html?ex=1127880000&en=6ceb45f00d49fc9c&ei=5070&emc=eta1

 

 

The Global Environment

BMW is to join DaimlerChrysler and General Motors to build hybrid cars

http://www.freep.com/money/autonews/hybrid8e_20050908.htm

India: Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/tncs/2005/0822cocacola.htm

World's top firms fail to tackle climate change challenge

Filipino Water Activists Challenge the UN to Denounce Privatization
Stakes High in EU/US Genetically Modified Crops Dispute at WTO

 

Global Governance

The Bolton Backfire: Weaken UN, Imperil Americans

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0908/p09s02-coop.html

A Tune Up for the UN by Nicholas Burns in UNA-USA E-News Update

www.unausa.org

We propose a Busan People's Forum against Bush and against an APEC that spreads war and poverty.

http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/showarticle.asp?search=678

Annan has paid his dues by Ian Williams

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1573765,00.html

Meet the Fakers by Nicholas Kristof

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/un/2005/0913fakers.htm


 

 

Labor Rights/Human Rights

Indonesia:Police Disrupt Peasant Gathering in Lombok at Via Campesina Meeting: 37 Peasants Shot and Wounded

http://www.farmersfightback.org/

MDGs A Step Backward for Women Say Activists

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/inequal/gender/2005/0905wright.htm

President of SINALTRINAL Assasinated in Colombia

http://www.campaignforlaborrights.org/alerts/2005/sept13-sinaltrainal.htm

Release the Liaoyang Two on Medical Parole

http://iso.china-labour.org.hk/public/contents/campaign?revision_id=17315&item_id=7217

 

 

Transnational Labor Solidarity

IUF Calls for International Support Against Union Busting at Hotel Riviera in S. Korea

http://www.iuf.org/den2295

International Unions Gather in Chicago to Craft Strategy

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/inequal/labor/2005/0820uniongath.htm

UNI targeting top 100 global corporations

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0508260173aug26,1,6424519.story?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Europe is All We've Got by John Monk

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/unions/comment/0,12189,1564199,00.html

 

Outsourcing

The Indian Call-Centre Industry

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-07.pdf

 

Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart to the Rescue!
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050926/featherstone
Suit Says Wal-Mart is Lax on Labor Abuses Overseas
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/business/14walmart.html?ex=1127361600&en=519a08a6d47fc343&ei=5070&emc=eta1
What Do We Know About Wal-Mart?
http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/aboutwalmart.pdf
Workers, Activists Redouble Effortd to 'Beat' Wal-Mart
http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2363
Quebec rules Against Wal-Mart in Closing of Unionized Store
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/business/worldbusiness/20walmart.html
Wal-Mart Workers Are Finding a Voice Without a Union, by Steven Greenhouse
http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12625

Immigration

The Greening of Hate http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/2295

On A Border in Crisis http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/15/international/americas/15chepas.htmlex=1127448000&en=d161454d3c252a03&ei=5070&emc=eta1 

State orders cops to help US immigration agents http://www.bergen.com/page.phpqstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2Nzc0MjM1

Uniting African-Americans and Immigrants by David Bacon http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/082605LA.shtml

 

China

As China changes, so does its image of US

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0907/p01s03-woap.html

China Killings Reveal Plight of Migrant Workers

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-china-worker.html?ex=1127448000&en=1f645f8a43dd2f96&ei=5070&emc=eta1

A Deadly Conflict of Interests

http://www.china-labour.org.hk/public/contents/article?revision%5fid=17373&item%5fid=17353

Economic Suevey of China, 2005 by OECD

http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35331797_1_1_1_1,00.html

 

Developing Countries

Oxfam: Rich Countries' Years of Neglect Have Led to West Africa Food Crisis

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/hunger/relief/2005/0808oxfam.htm

Not Everyone Celebrates Improved Poverty Statistics

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/quality/2005/0823mexico.htm

A UN Treaty on the Global Right to Water?

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/gpg/2005/0907waterun.htm

The Mexico That Might Have Been

www.forbes.com/business/forbes/2005/0815/086.html

Where Poverty Drove the Zapatistas, The Living is No Easier

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/11/international/americas/11chiapas.html?ex=1127102400&en=0f38516ed86eb4e1&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Venezuela's Quiet Land Reform

www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1551

Calling the Debt Relief Bluff

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=30287

U.S. Opposes Changing Debt Relief Plan for Poor Countries

http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=102420

International Cooperation at a Crossroads: Aid, Trade and Security in an Unequal World

by UN Development Programme

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/un/2005/05hdr.pdf

UN Summit: Barriers to Schooling Undermine Goals, by Human Rights Watch

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/develop/2005/0913school.htm

The U.S. Fight Against the Fight Against Poverty by Jeffrey Sachs

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/un/2005/0913fakers.htm

Aid Agencies Warn Four Million May Die in Africa

http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/hunger/relief/2005/0907moza.htm

Nigerians March Against Fuel Hikes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4244556.stm

 

Resources

Rules of the Game: A Brief Introduction to International Labour Standards

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/33.htm

 

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featuring original commentaries on:
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Civil Society Observer:  A Bi-Monthly Newsletter for the UN and Civil Society

http://www.un-ngls.org/cso/cso9/cso9.htm

 

UNA-USA E-News Update

www.unausa.org

 

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