Trade unions and global restructuring

The global labour movement has been divided over ‘free trade’. Many unions in the Global North, especially in export-oriented sectors, suppo...

From 17 to 21 August 2022, over 600 activists from more than 20 countries in Europe and beyond gathered in Mönchengladbach/Germany for the 2...

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic disrupting global value chains and geo-political rivalry especially between China and the US, the globa...

Free trade has been criticised for some time as being an obstacle to independent development of countries in the Global South supporting wor...

The rise of ‘new generation’ trade agreements such as TTIP and CETA, the ongoing debates surrounding Brexit, and the Trump administration...

What are the implications of the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and to re-negotiate the N...

The Food and Agriculture Organization (2003: 29), states that ‘food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social ...

Photo by Jason Taellious Free trade’s expansion into the realm of food and agriculture has given residents of the Global North access t...

With Brexit on the horizon, the UK is currently in search for alternative trade agreements, not only with European countries, but also othe...

Despite the ongoing ramifications of the global economic crisis of 2007/2008, capitalism continues to reap super profits. In his fascinat...

While Obama is visiting Europe to drum up support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), the 13 th round of nego...

Multilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), praised as engines of development by their supporters, have experienced a revival recently in ...

The multiple global economic, financial, food and ecological crises are deepening. And yet, neo-liberal capitalism continues to reign supre...

From 25 to 27 March 2015, the second meeting of the Futures Commission, hosted by the Chris Hani Institute , was held in Cape Town/Sout...

Two far-reaching free trade agreements are currently being negotiated, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) and the Trans-Atlant...

The conflict over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a struggle between different blocs, argued John Hilary, Ex...

Despite the prolonged global economic crisis since 2007/2008, neo-liberal economic thought and practice continue to reign supreme. In h...

Do trade unions matter in the Twenty-First Century? How are they responding to ongoing processes of neoliberal restructuring? In particul...

Trade policy has been one of the great battle grounds for progressive movements around the globe. Ricardo’s theory of comparative advan...

The notion of uneven and combined development has attracted increased academic and activist attention. The concept of unequal exchange, in ...