The New Resource Grab: How EU Trade Policy on Raw Materials is Undermining Development (WEED, 2010)

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Content

Summary
Introduction
1. The Raw Materials Initiative and Free Trade Agreements
1.1 The Raw Materials Initiative
1.2 Problems with the Raw Materials Initiative
1.3 Problems with Free Trade Agreements
2. Restricting development: the issue of export taxes
2.1 Export restrictions and their users
2.2 The development benefits of export taxes
2.3 What the EU wants
2.4 EU pressure at the WTO and in Free Trade Agreements
3. Investment for development or EU companies?
3.1 Investment and development
3.2 What the EU wants
3.3 Opposition from developing countries
3.4 Hindering development of raw materials sectors
3.5 Problems with EU companies
Recommendations
Annexes
References

Link to WEED Online

Link to page of book at WEED Online (German)