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Briefing paper
Oxfam America Testimony on US Trade Agenda
Oxfam America submitted written comments to the House Committee on Ways and Means in response to a hearing held by the Committee on the United States Trade Agenda, which took place on February 14, 2007 with U.S.T.R. Susan Schwab as the only witness. The document presents Oxfam's critique of current U.S. trade policy and suggests ways in which this policy should change. Oxfam explains that U.S. trade policy should have development as a core objective and should seek to ensure that trade rules will help reduce poverty and inequality, which it has failed to do in recent years. The document critiques the U.S. approach to the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Round negotiations and bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and makes suggestions to reorient those agreements, as well as to improve U.S. trade preference programs. Finally, Oxfam explains that a new framework of objectives and priorities is needed for Congress to grant presidential trade negotiating authority.
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A Fragile Future
Why scaling down MONUC too soon could spell disaster for the Congo
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Oxfam International Humanitarian Policy Notes
These policy notes, which are updated regularly, describe key issues for humanitarian organizations in the twenty-first century and provide recommendations derived from our experience working in the field as well as in the policy arena.
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Seeking Common Grounds
Oxfam's proposed reforms of the International Coffee Agreement
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Fairness in the Fields
A vision for the 2007 Farm Bill
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Patents versus Patients
Five years after the Doha Declaration