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book: Trade for life: making trade work for poor people
For a decade the rules covering trade, investment, services, agriculture and intellectual property have been negotiated through the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Can we, at the start of a new millennium, rewrite these rules to serve the needs of poor people? Or as the rich get richer, will the poor continue to be pushed to the margins? Chapter 5: "Transnational corporations and the need for regulation"