By Yash TandonMay 22, 2015
In his new book, subtitled "The West's War Against the World," international trade expert Yash Tandon challenges the notion that free trade helps countries develop. Instead, he finds, it often fosters poverty and violence. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 20, 2014
Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, author of "The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority" and former Truthdigger of the Week, explains the meaning of a secret draft text of the Trade in Services Agreement, a proposal that would forbid signatory countries from improving financial regulation within their borders. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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BLANKOct 6, 2013
This critic of globalization is one of the few voices trying to alert the public to a secretive, ongoing effort to create a legal means for corporations to attack and subvert government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtSep 5, 2013
Iraq and Libya have been taken out, and Iran has been heavily boycotted. Syria is now in the cross-hairs. Why? Here is one overlooked scenario. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 26, 2013
A 1997 memo retrieved from the filing cabinet of investigative reporter Greg Palast shows the involvement of Lawrence Summers -- Obama's current favorite for chairman of the Federal Reserve -- in a successful plan to help big bank CEOs "rip apart financial regulation across the planet." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Ivo Mijnssen / TruthdigSep 25, 2012
For motives that are not entirely clear, Vladimir Putin's Russia has overcome stiff opposition at home and in the United States to take its place in the World Trade Organization. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 23, 2009
It's not the first time that objections have been raised over the kinds of values promoted, whether explicitly or implicitly, by media products hailing from the general vicinity of Hollywood, but this time the issue concerns a whole country taking on a major international commercial coalition: China and the World Trade Organization, respectively. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigApr 1, 2009
A former police chief of Seattle -- who directed the harsh action there against 1999's WTO protesters -- has changed his views on protests, as well as on drugs. The G-20 leaders meeting in London should heed his words. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 9, 2009
The global economic meltdown reminds World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy of the 1930s, but, he says, "The crisis today is spreading even faster and affects more countries at the same time" That could lead to political unrest of the scale that produces world wars. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 22, 2008
As if there was no better way to conclude the past eight years of the current administration, President Bush will host his own personalized going-away party: the world's first "global financial summit," where leaders will discuss the current global economic troubles and hopefully ways to prevent such crises from recurring. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 30, 2008
The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva finally imploded Wednesday, as negotiations over farm subsidies and labor standards collapsed into an immovable standstill between wealthy and poorer countries. The talks, defended heavily by the "developed world," are seen by critics as an instrument to serve corporate interests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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