Protectionism

Free Africans for global trade

IPN Opinion article

Author: Emmanuel Martin

The bad news is that the Doha "development" talks on free-trade limped back into view at the WTO in November with nothing new to be said, which sounds pretty boring, but the good news is that developing countries can ignore all that and make huge progress unilaterally and regionally.

China-Obama Trade Spat Hurts Everyone

IPN Letters

Author: Alec van Gelder

A letter published in the Wall Street Journal shows why trade protectionism is a race to the bottom

East Africa's drought

IPN News coverage

Author: Kendra Okonski

Kendra Okonski discusses how government policy exacerbated the drought in East Africa in late 2009

 

Obama's dilemma: Carbon treaty or trade war

IPN Opinion article

Author: Sallie James

Rather than benefiting the climate, carbon tariffs will only harm national economies