Globalisation Institute Commentary about globalisation issues. http://www.globalisationinstitute.org 2006-03-20T19:41:59+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2 The watering down of the EU's Services Directive 2006-03-20T10:53:25+01:00 2006-03-20T10:53:25+01:00 2006-03-20T10:53:25+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=607&Itemid=9 If you want to find out about the EU’s Services Directive, reading Open Europe (http://www.openeurope.org.uk/)’s recent report (http://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/services.pdf)... London Stock Exchange: three cheers for foreigners! 2006-03-20T07:47:01+01:00 2006-03-20T07:47:01+01:00 2006-03-20T07:47:01+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=606&Itemid=9 The Business newspaper has an editorial celebrating the likely takeover of the London Stock Exchange:It now seems likely that... Setback for free trade risks instability and terrorism 2006-03-19T05:31:46+01:00 2006-03-19T05:31:46+01:00 2006-03-19T05:31:46+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=604&Itemid=9 Henrik Rasmussen of World Growth (http://www.worldgrowth.org/) writes in today’s... Peter Mandelson attacks Open Europe 2006-03-18T10:19:34+01:00 2006-03-18T10:19:34+01:00 2006-03-18T10:19:34+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=602&Itemid=9 In an interview with the Guardian (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/labour/story/0,,1732653,00.html), EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson this week denounced Open Europe (http://www.openeurope.org.uk/)... Coffee that really helps development 2006-03-17T07:11:32+01:00 2006-03-17T07:11:32+01:00 2006-03-17T07:11:32+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=601&Itemid=9 Earlier this week I suggested (press/press-release/development-agenda-needed-for-coffee-20060313573/) that the way forward for developing country coffee producers was to for them... Quote unquote 2006-03-16T08:11:32+01:00 2006-03-16T08:11:32+01:00 2006-03-16T08:11:32+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=9 Our obsession with growth and our relentless pursuit of a global system which creates ever greater dependency on it... Why environmentally-friendly detergents are going to be big 2006-03-15T10:22:15+01:00 2006-03-15T10:22:15+01:00 2006-03-15T10:22:15+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=579&Itemid=9 Ecover (http://www.ecover.com/), a brand of environmentally friendly detergents, has been finding itself on supermarket shelves. The products are rapidly biodegradable... Reason magazine on the rise of Fairtrade coffee 2006-03-15T05:21:17+01:00 2006-03-15T05:21:17+01:00 2006-03-15T05:21:17+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=578&Itemid=9 Kerry Howley writes in Reason (http://www.reason.com/0603/fe.kh.absolution.shtml) - a US politics and culture magazine - about the Fairtrade movement. She... Is HM Government forcing developing countries to screw up their water systems? 2006-03-14T08:05:08+01:00 2006-03-14T08:05:08+01:00 2006-03-14T08:05:08+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=577&Itemid=9 Campaigners like the World Development Movement (http://www.wdm.org.uk/) and War on Want (http://www.waronwant.org/) are annoyed with Hilary Benn.... Lib Dem MP warns over developing country protectionism 2006-03-13T06:57:00+01:00 2006-03-13T06:57:00+01:00 2006-03-13T06:57:00+01:00 http://www.globalisationinstitute.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=575&Itemid=9 Susan Kramer MP (Liberal Democrat) writes (http://www.susankramer.org.uk/pages/kramercomments.html): For the poorest countries of the world, trade and improved opportunities to...