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Row
erupts in China over impact of transgenic cotton
The report, produced by a State Environment Protection Administration
research institute in cooperation with international environmental
lobby group Greenpeace, argues Monsanto’s Bt cotton has destabilised
China’s insect ecology and caused continued farmer reliance
on chemical pesticides.
India-MERCOSUR
FTA can boost trade by 16 times: Rio Forum
Pointing at the potential of India-MERCOSUR FTA, pre-UNCTAD XI Rio
Forum said the landmark agreement between the two could result in
trade leapfrogging by 16 times from the current level.
Activists
wear “Clean Clothes or Nothing” in first-ever National
“Sweatfree” Conference
With the loss of US manufacturing jobs and trade issues taking centrestage
in the presidential candidate debate, anti-sweatshop activists across
the country are pushing through a wave of historic reforms aimed
at using tax dollars to promote fair trade and anti-sweatshop alternatives.
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