Signing Away The Future: How trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries undermine development
- Resource Type
- Briefing paper
- Authors
- Jones, Emily
- Source
- Subject
- Trade
- Language
- English
Arabic
French
Portuguese
Spanish
The quiet advance of trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries threatens to deny developing countries a favourable foothold in the global economy. Driven by the USA and the European Union, these agreements impose far-reaching rules that place severe restrictions on the very policies developing countries need in order to fight poverty.