Focus on Trade Index

 

2001

Issues Number 58 to 72

Number 58, January 2001


2000: the year of global protest against globalization
Walden Bello

Washington's political transition threatens Bretton Woods twins
Walden Bello


Number 59, February 2001


When Davos meets Porto Alegre: A memoir
Walden Bello

There's something about George
Nicola Bullard

"We have come to listen"
Marjorie Mbilinyi

The "established order"
Gerard Coffey

Why can't we all just get along?
Raj Patel

World Bank in major internet move
Alex Wilks

Porto Alegre call for mobilisation
Call of the movements, Porto Alegre 2001


Number 60, March 2001


The global conjuncture: Characteristics and challenges
Walden Bello

At what price, development?
Shalmali Guttal

Why we need free trade for life-saving medicines
Mark Wesibrot

The missing dimension in Kim Dae Jung's sunshine policy
Walden Bello

Four billion poor hold the key to the future of capitalism
Nicola Bullard

Globalisation and Russia
Boris Kargalitsky

Report of the Bangkok roundtable of trade unions, NGOs and social movements


Number 61, April 2001


Parliamentary fig leaf is too small for the WTO
Nicola Bullard

WTO tries to subvert developing countries' resistance to new trade talks
Walden Bello

Trading the environment
Shalmali Guttal

"No Logo": A brilliant but flawed portrait of contemporary capitalism
A review of Naomi' Klein's "No Logo" by Walden Bello

Number 62, May 2001


The paradigm crisis behind the power crisis
Walden Bello

Trouble in paradise
Shalmali Guttal

US backs World Bank and IMF -- for the moment
Nicola Bullard

Will Japanese tourists fly into Pearl Harbour II?
Walden Bello


Number 63, May 2001


Honolulu face-off: Civil society 1, Asian Development Bank 0
Walden Bello and Shalmali Guttal

Privatising infrastructure in the South
Chris Adams

The ADB in Indonesia: The operation was a success, but the patient died
Stephanie Fried

ADB tokenism and the “Chino gesture”
Raghav Narsalay

Will the ADB pass the reality test?
Joy Chavez

People’s challenge to the Asian Development Bank
People’s Petition submitted to ADB President Tadao Chino, May 9, 2001

WTO ignores developing countries… again
Aileen Kwa


Number 64, July 2001


Genoa and the multiple crises of globalisation
Walden Bello

Why Genoa is important, for Italy and for the world
Christophe Aguiton

A round by any name spell disaster for the South
Aileen Kwa

Viva Porto Alegre!
Nicola Bullard


Number 65, Part 1, August 2001


Developing countries in despair over WTO preparations for Doha
Aileen Kwa

Dying for ‘free trade’: US or us?
Aileen Kwa

ADB charged with environmental crimes and corruption
Shalmali Guttal

WTO agriculture negotiations: A sorry tale of America arrogance, European hypocrisy and developing country disarray
Aileen Kwa

Ecuador, the WTO and the big banana: Ecuador learns the hard way that the WTO doesn't work the way they say it does.
Gerard Coffey

"Our world is not for sale" campaign launched in Geneva


Number 65, Part 2, August 2001


The flat earth society comes to Genoa
Shalmali Guttal

Eyewitness account: The battle of Genoa
Walden Bello

Letter to the Italian ambassador
From the Assembly of the Poor, Thailand

Genoa stirs memories of the seventies
Marco Mezzera

Bruised, shaken but defiant: Some reflections on what happened in Genoa
Nicola Bullard

“Creative destruction”: Next phase of the global economy?
Walden Bello

Sold to the highest bidder: A review of the 2001 Human Development Report
Anoop Sukumaran

What are the legitimate claims of the South?
Lorna Salzman


Number 67, September 2001


After September 11: A testing time for the anti-globalisation movement
A short statement from Focus on the Global South

Endless war?
Walden Bello

Racism conference a victory for the European Union
Ben Cashdan & Dennis Brutus

Next: A world conference against financial racism
Trevor Ngwane

Bringing it all back home: Anti-globalisation activism cannot ignore colonial realities
Aziz Choudry

The conglomerate threat to critical journalism
Walden Bello


Number 68, October 2001


How to lose a war
Walden Bello

Crisis in WTO talks
Aileen Kwa

Square pegs in round holes
Shalmali Guttal


Number 69, November 2001


Thai farmers, aids activists march onus embassy
Nicola Bullard

Power politics to cripple WTO ministerial
Aileen Kwa

Trade superpowers turn on heat as WTO ministerial opens
Walden Bello

No to a new round in Doha
Statement of the world forum on the WTO, Beirut 5-8 November 2001


Number 70, November 2001


Standoff in negotiations
Walden Bello

US marines told "get out of WTO": Snapshots from Doha
Walden Bello

The Doha report
Anuradha Mittal

WTO leader cautions against 'protectionism'
Paul Blustein

"Unfair trade creates breeding ground for terrorism" say NGOs
Agence France Press

An open letter from NGOs to developing country trade ministers at the 4th WTO ministerial meeting in Doha

Press statement by "Friends of the development box"


Number 71, November 2001


Trade talks at dawn
Steve Schifferes

Revised ministerial draft declaration: Still harmful to interests of developing countries
Walden Bello and Aileen Kwa

Views on the draft declaration on the TRIPS agreement and public health
James Love

Protest group softens tone at WTO talks
Paul Blustein

The Doha report
Anuradha Mittal


Number 72, Part 1, December 2001


The American way of war
Walden Bello

Pacific islands troubled by trade
Nic Maclellan

The island of Diego Garcia, B52's and you and me
Lindsey Collen

Weapons of the poor
Supara Janchitfah

Neoliberalism through the eyes of women
Joo-yeon Jeong & Seung-min Choi


Number 72, Part 2, December 2001


Learning from Doha
Walden Bello

They also make bombs out of paper
Raj Patel

Power is nothing without control
Aziz Choudry

From Doha to Johannesburg: Global governance usurped
Victor Menotti