27-May-2007
countercurrents
With “free trade” agreements, giant transnationals are elevated above the sovereign powers of nation states, with all statutes and regulations that restrict private capital in any way made unlawful.
15-May-2007
Economic Times
A section of India’s generic drug industry has claimed that its ability to export generic drugs to over a dozen countries with which the US is planning FTAs will increase, if a “conceptual agreement” reached last week by the US’ House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Bush administration is ratified and implemented.
25-Apr-2007
countercurrents.org
The globalization of trade and investment flows has been paralleled by the emergence of Codes of Conduct. Although the first corporate code of conduct was created by the International Chamber of Commerce in 1949, the 1990s witnessed a plethora of voluntary codes and corporate social responsibility guidelines.