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Food Sovereignty For Poor Countries In The Global Trading System, James T. Gathii
Food Sovereignty For Poor Countries In The Global Trading System, James T. Gathii
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The Neoliberal Turn In Regional Trade Agreements, James T. Gathii
The Neoliberal Turn In Regional Trade Agreements, James T. Gathii
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Abstract: This Article makes two primary arguments. First that the increased resort to bilateral and regional trade agreements has taken a neoliberal turn. As such bilateral and regional trade agreements are now a primary means through which greater investor protections, commodification of social services, guaranteed rights of investor access to investment opportunities, privatization of public service goods, and generally the diminution of sovereign control are being realized. These trade agreements make the foregoing goals possible not just in developing countries, but in industrialized economies as well. I show that these agreements provide business interests with opportunities to exercise concerted pressure …