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Free Trade has been sold as one of the key solutions to Bolivia's impoverishment, but the evidence shows that it can deepen poverty and environmental degradation
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Bolivia’s People’s Trade Agreement: An alternative to free trade
- Rooted in cooperation and solidarity, the People’s Trade Agreement is a direct challenge to the Washington Consensus. This brief overview of the PTA explains its 10 principles for integration, its relationship with the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (the ALBA), and what you can do to support Bolivia’s trade agenda.
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People’s Trade Agreements vs. Free Trade Agreements: Interview with Pablo Solón
- Miguel Lora interviews Pablo Solón about Bolivia's new trade policy, the "People's Trade Agreement", and how it differs from the free trade agreements promoted by the United States and Europe. The PTA model, Solón explains, offers an alternative model for integration, based upon cooperation, not competition.
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Ten reasons to oppose Andean Free Trade Agreement
- Ten reasons to oppose the Andean Free Trade Agreement
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BITS with a bite
- Bolivia has been threatened with more than ten legal actions by a series of multinational companies in 2005. All have said their actions are based on Bolivia breaching its commitments under Bilateral Investment Agreements or BITs. But what are BITs and why are they undermining people's rights to clean water, health and sovereignty over their own resources?
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