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rigged rules
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Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering
  Forced liberalisation


Millions of poor farmers in developing countries cannot earn a living because of cheap, often dumped, food imports.

Rich countries have long used the IMF and World Bank, and aggressive bilateral trade deals, to push open the door of poor countries' markets to a flood of cheap products but now rich countries plan to use the binding rules of the WTO to kick that door down altogether.

 

Labour rights
Workers are denied their fair share >



Rigged rules explained: Interactive diagrams
Interactive diagram: dumping explained
Interactive diagram: market access explained
Interactive diagram: forced liberalisation explained
Interactive diagram: labour rights explained
Interactive diagram: patents explained
Interactive diagram: Regional trade agreements explained

Regional Trade Agreements

 


 



 

 


 

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