Scaling up aid for trade: how to support poor countries to trade their way out of poverty

Summary: Trade can be an engine for growth that lifts millions of people out of poverty, but many developing countries face constraints that prevent them from participating in the global trading system. Even if trade rules are radically reformed and a pro-development round is achieved at the WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong in December 2005, current ‘behind the borders’ problems mean that poor countries will continue to lose out on the potential benefits of global trade.

Oxfam Briefing Notes on Trade:

What happened in Hong Kong? Initial analysis of the WTO Ministerial
(December 2005)

Blood on the floor: How the rich countries have squeezed development out of the WTO Doha negotiations
(December 2005)

Truth or consequences: why the EU and USA must reform their subsidies or pay the price
(November 2005)

Green but not clean: Why a comprehensive review of Green Box subsidies is necessary 
(November 2005)

Non-agricultural market access (NAMA) talks threaten development: Six reasons why a fundamentally different approach is needed  
(November 2005)

The impact of the second-hand clothing trade on developing countries 
(September 2005)

A Round for Free: How rich countries are getting a free ride on agricultural subsidies at the WTO
(June 2005)

Critique of the EC’s Action Plan for ACP countries affected by EU sugar reform
(June 2005)

Making trade work for development in 2005: What the EU should do
(May 2005) 

An End to EU Sugar Dumping? Implications of the WTO panel ruling in the dispute against EU sugar policies brought by Brazil, Thailand, and Australia
(April 2005)

Kicking Down the Door: How forthcoming World Trade Organisation talks threaten poor-country farmers
(April 2005)

A Sweeter Future? The potential for EU sugar reform to contribute to poverty reduction in southern Africa
(November 2004)

Finding the Moral Fibre: Why reform is urgently needed for a fair cotton trade
(October 2004)

Dumping: The Beginning of the End?
(August 2004)

Dumping on the World: How EU sugar policies hurt poor countries 
(March 2004)

One Minute to Midnight: Will WTO negotiations in July deliver a meaningful agreement?
(July 2004)

The Rural Poverty Trap: Why agricultural trade rules need to change and what UNCTAD XI could do about it
(June 2004)

Bitter Sugar: How unfair trade affects China's sugar industry
(August 2003)

Robbing the Poor to Pay the Rich? How the United States keeps medicines from the world's poorest
(November 2003)

US bullying on drug patents: One year after Doha
(November 2002)

The Euro-Mediterranean Agreements: Partnership or Penury? 
(November 2003)

Time to Make Trade Fair in 2003
(2003)

Milking the CAP: How Europe's dairy regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world
(December 2002)

Boxing Match in Agricultural Trade: will WTO negotiations knock out the world's poorest farmers?
(November 2002)

Stop the Dumping! How EU agricultural subidies are damaging livelihoods in the developing world
(October 2002)

Cultivating Poverty: The Impact of US Cotton Subsidies on Africa
(2002)

Death on the doorstep of the Summit
(August 2002) 

The Great EU Sugar Scam: How Europe's sugar regime is devastating livelihoods in the developing world
(August 2002)

The Challenge to the EU: Stop the Sugar Dumping
(November 2002)

Europe's double standards: how the EU should reform its trade policies with the developing world
(2002)

Trade, globalisation and poverty: why the rules of the game matter 
(July 2002)