Controlling the South: the case of East Africa | Written by Yash Tandon | Published by RLS Brussels Office | February 2017
This paper falls within the overall theme of mega-regional trade and investment agreements that have proliferated in recent years. It addresses the question of whether they are improving or worsening the condition of countries in the Global South.
Where to now? | Written by Arndt Hopfmann and Samuel Kasirye | March 2016
The outcomes of the 10th World Trade Organisation Ministerial meeting in Nairobi illuminates the growing challenges within world trade governance and more ominously; a shifting trade landscape. This policy paper makes observations on the looming changes in global trade structures.
Written by Aaron Wolf | SEATINI Uganda | February 2016
The brief predominantly scrutinizes implications of Mega – Regional Trading Agreements i.e. Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and its implications on Uganda’s development prospects including consequences for policy space. Read mo ... Written by Manuel Pérez-Rocha | Published by the RLF office Brussels in cooperation with IATP, IPS, FOCUS and TNI | June 2015
The trade and investment partnership TTIP, which is currently being negotiated between the EU and the US, will affect the whole world. But the other world regions, like the BRICS or the Global South are being excluded from the trade negotiations and hardly get attention in the debates aroun ... ... and their systemic implications | Presented by Nathan Irumba, Chief Executive Director, SEATINI | May 2015
A paper presented by Ambassador Nathan Irumba, Chief Executive Director, SEATINI during the conference on mega-trading blocs and the failure of African trade organised by The Commonwealth Secretariat and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 26-27 May 2015. The paper gives an ov ... A charter for deregulation, an attack on jobs, an end to democracy written by John Hilary and published by RLF Brussels office | February 2015
TTIP has become a key political issue in many countries, with growing media interest feeding off public fear at the substantial dangers that the agreement will bring. That is why the RLF Brussels office updated the publication on TTIP by John Hilary. ...
Policy Paper: The WTO after Nairobi
Paper: Mega-Regional Trade Agreements: How could they affect Uganda?
Paper: TTIP – Why the World Should Beware
Paper: The Rise of Mega-Trading Blocs
Study: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Fact booklet: Unpacking Trade & Investment
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