Globalization
Green protectionism vs. growth
IPN Opinion article
As world delegates tried in Bonn (9-11 April to revive the climate-change talks that collapsed in Copenhagen, the USA and other rich countries were working on protectionist carbon tariffs that will harm their own economies and harm the poor even more. On top of that, these "border measures" or "adaptation mechanisms" will not even have much effect on emissions.
Green tariffs make no sense
IPN Opinion article
Restricting trade as a climate measure would be counterproductive
Chinese exports are ours too
IPN Opinion article
China demonstrates the virtues of economic interdependence and a globalised economy
Free Africans for global trade
IPN Opinion article
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.
When free trade means so little
IPN Opinion article
The new bilateral free-trade agreement between South Korea and India is not all it's cracked up to be: there are plenty of exceptions and the package will take 10 years to implement. An Indian and a South Korean analyst argue here that fully free trade is the best possible way of recovering from the global slump.
The WHO blueprint for increasing global poverty
IPN Opinion article
The WHO's report on the "social determinants of health" claims that inequality is responsible for huge numbers of deaths worldwide. But by rejecting economic growth, its recommendations would do far more harm than good.
