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• Bush puts trade, Africa high on G-8 agenda
RUSUTSU, Japan - The world's top industrialized nations face pressing financial and environmental troubles at their annual summit Monday, confronted with demands they reinvigorate the stumbling world economy, push ahead languishing climate change ...
• Fascinating places with bad reputations
Northeast Medellin once belonged to cocaine mogul Pablo Escobar, and was infested with famously violent gangs that fed off the local trade. As Colombians are all too happy to tell you, those days are over.
• Investors’ new worry: Second-quarter earnings
Also Friday, the Commerce Department reports on the U.S. trade deficit. After increasing to $60.9 billion in April, the trade gap is expected to have widened again in May to $62.3 billion.
• How to Make a Lot of Money
As Pzena notes, "Shares don't trade at these valuations unless this kind of stuff is going on." But the only way to make a lot of money is to be among the few willing to buy at these prices.
• Nobel Prize winner outlines plan for ending poverty
Businesses continue to grow, global trade is booming, multinational corporations are spreading into markets in the developing world and the former Soviet bloc, and technological advancements continue to multiply.

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» AFL-CIO - Global Economy - Viewpoint of the labor union on development policies, workers' rights, CAFTA and FTAA. Includes information on international solidarity campaigns.
» Almanac of Policy Issues: International Trade - News, background information, and links on international trade issues, including GATT, NAFTA, and the WTO.
» The Case for Free Trade and Open Immigration - Online book that makes the case for unilateral free trade and open borders.
» Center for Trade Policy Studies - The mission of the Center is to increase public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism.
» EUROPA - External Trade - News and information about world trade including trade issues and statistics, EU exporters' guide, public dialogue and hot topics. With documents, publications, downloads and archives.
» The Fair Trade Page - Articles and links about issues of fairness in trade.
» The Fairtrade Foundation - Seeks to tackle the exploitation of workers in developing countries by giving consumers the opportunity to buy products that guarantee a better deal to producers. Information resources and a report on coffee farmers and international trade.
» Flora - Archives of the MAI-NOT project, with a selection of anti-globalization links and a discussion forum.
» Focus on the Global South - A program of progressive development policy research and practice that works on regional and global policy analysis, micro-macro linking and advocacy work.
» Foreign Policy In Focus - Trade - Collection of articles about world trade.
» Freedom to Trade Campaign - The Campaign promotes the view that free trade frees people; it is fundamental to eliminating poverty, promoting development and achieving political and economic freedom.
» Global Economy Tutorial - A slide show attempting to educate citizens on the global economy and the current global economic crisis based on Z Magazine articles by Robin Hahnel.
» Global Issues and Trade Related Issues - Addresses several aspects of the current model for global trading and how developing and developed nations could be affected.
» Global Policy Network - Policy and research institutions connected to the world's trade union movements.
» Global Research Business Institute - Based in UK, the GBRI is an educational body conducting outreach to business executives, journalists and civil servants, promoting a greater understanding of globalization and its consequences.
» Global Trade Negotiations - News articles, working papers and links to various trade-related resources, such as NGO sites and government positions on trade policy.
» Globalisation Guide - Presents the arguments of both those who support as well as oppose globalization.
» The Institute for Nonviolent Economics - Works to build understanding among the public and among community organizers and activists of the ways by which economic globalization impacts local issues and daily lives.
» Policy Briefings - Catholic Agency for Overseas Development provides several in depth reports on the WTO and Globalization
» Thunderlake: Functional Trade Policy Issues - Functional trade policy issues including development, agriculture, environment, labour, finance, investment, and transport.
» Thunderlake: Government Trade Policy Agencies - Annotated links to international affairs, and foreign trade and research resources.
» Trades Union Congress (UK) -Globalisation - Information, articles and education on globalisation issues, from the trade unionist perspective.
» United States International Trade Commission (USITC) - An "independent", quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade policy advice to both the legislative and executive branches of government, determines the impact of imports on U.S. industries, and directs actions against certain, allegedly unfair trade practices, such as patent, trademark, and copyright infringement.
» U.S. Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports - Alliance of sawmill employees and woodland owners united in opposition to Canada's trade practice related to lumber exports.
» U.S. Council for International Business - Promotes an open system of world trade, finance, and investment from the perspective of business.
» USA Engage - Broad-based coalition representing American business and agriculture.
» A World Connected - Looks at the lives of real people who are being affected by the processes of globalization.
» World Economic Forum - The Davos meeting of political and business leaders aims to create the foremost global partnership of business, political, intellectual and other leaders of civil society to define and discuss the key issues on the global agenda.
» World Economic Forum Membership Data - Detailed information of World Economic Forum member organizations by region, country and continent. Also lists specific multinational corporate names.