At first glance, funding climate action through soil carbon credits instead of taxpayer dollars may seem like a win-win ...

Seven years after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, it appears appropriate to consider possible improvements in the functioning of the WTO system.

Fresh fears over the safety of genetically modified foods surfaced faced yesterday after new research revealed that food allergies relating to soya increased by 50 percent last year. A study by Europe ...

Today the movement against corporate-driven globalization is at a decisive juncture. There are different proposals on how to move forward. Oftentimes, clarification of the demands of the moment are ...

BASEL, Switzerland -- Novartis Seeds AG was cited as saying on Tuesday it had developed a new "genetic marker" and called it a breakthrough that could boost sales and influence the debate over ...

Clarence "Sunnyman" Primm figures there are more than 70 people connected with the lumber industry in these parts who know how to reach him on his two-way radio. He loves the crackling sound of the ...

In the Philippines, traditional knowledge touches on almost all facets of the economic and social development of a community from agriculture to literature and from customary law to arts and crafts.

WASHINGTON (CP) -- Free trade in North America has resulted in sharp gains for the rich at the expense of the average Canadian worker, says a report from the U.S. Economic Policy Institute released ...

Virginia-based Smithfield Foods yesterday announced that it has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement with Farmland Industries under which Smithfield will acquire substantially all of the ...

This note is intended to assist in the preparation of offers, requests and national schedules of specific commitments. Its objective is to explain, in a concise manner, how specific commitments should ...

NAFTA would lead people throughout the continent to compete with each other to accept low wages and poisonous environments. NAFTA would set up panels which could overturn local and national laws. The ...

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