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bicusa.org/trade Home IssuesTrade Trade Overview Background Concerns Updates Resources Contacts RSS Update \| 7 April 2008 Joint Bretton Woods Project Update # 60 Read the special Spring Meetings edition of the Bretton Woods Update, co-produced with Afrodad, Bank Information Center, Choike, and Eurodad. The issue is also available in Spanish. Read more Update \| 13 March 2008 Food riots hit West and Central Africa Rising global food prices have led to outbreaks of civil unrest in West and Central Africa. While the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank plan their responses to the growing crisis, Cameroon, site of worst strife, relaxes IMF policies on wages and prices. Read more Update \| 13 February 2008 Iraq renews $744 million loan from the IMF Iraq’s renewed Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) includes macroeconomic policy reforms that may restrict fiscal space for public spending, particularly on the public wage bill. It also continues the deep involvement of international financial institutions in Iraq’s oil sector. Read more Update \| 17 January 2008 EPA deadline passes with many issues unresolved Only a handful of countries have signed onto the highly contested free trade agreements with Europe, which critics argue would limit governments’ ability to protect local firms or stipulate certain investment conditions. Read more Update \| 9 October 2007 Zoellick carries US trade policies into the World Bank The World Bank will focus on labor-intensive export to boost employment in the Arab World. Read more Update \| 5 February 2007 Two Key Summits in Bolivia Suggest a New Paradigm for IIRSA Update on two important Summits -- one official, and one organized by civil society -- that took place between the 5th and 12th of December, 2006, in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and their implications for IIRSA and the model of regional integration. Read more Update \| 12 March 2005 Debate heats up over agricultural trade reforms Pressure on the US mounts during discussions at a recent meeting of Trade Ministers in Nairobi, Kenya, and following the ruling of the WTO appeals mechanism finding the US in violation of prohibitions against cotton subsidies. Read more Update \| 4 February 2005 IMF paper shows liberalization has eroded poor countries’ revenue base Read more Update \| 4 February 2005 Debate heats up over the leader of the WTO Read more Print this page Email this page		Search Key Issues Accountability Debt Energy & Extractive Industries Environmental & Social Policies IFI Governance Infrastructure Trade Transparency U.S. Government Oversight Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. SignUp

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