Trade is not limited to a simple exchange of goods and financial flows. It is important to be aware of the fact that it is also a powerful tool for transferring social and environmental norms when the objective is to orient our economy towards greater sustainability.
International trade in agricultural commodities (March 2014)
EU trade policy and sustainability (24/11/2020)
Is “free-tradism” agonising? (1/11/2016)
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March 2025 – Opinion: Looming Tariffs Threaten Food Supplies by Matt Freeman – Tarrifs imposed by the Trump administration put in danger food security in the US and elsewhere in the world… [read]
May 2021 – Opinion: Why the European Union should include Fair Prices in its policies by Ruud Bronkhorst – The European Commission (EC) is now preparing its Sustainable Corporate Governance proposal. It is foreseen that in this proposal, directives will be included about companies’ purchasing practices. [read]
November 2017 – Opinion: Fair Prices to achieve a Living Income by Ruud Bronkhorst – Ruud Bronkhorst explains what a fair price to achieve a decent life is and compares such a price with market prices in a West-African context. [read]
29 July 2017 – Climate finance : for whom is the World Bank working? Global finance intends to sharpen its instruments to take over our food and agriculture, on the ground of combatting climate change. [read]
June 2017 – Opinion: How to stop the global inequality machine by Jason Hickel [read]
Janvier 2017 – Opinion: Free Trade Agreements Promote Corporate Interests by Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury [read]
November 2015 – Intergenerational equity: the European social model -The story of a political mistake. [read]
November 2013 – Imposing the liberal economic model [read]
September 2012 – The colonial legacy [read]