19 April 2004

Western hypocrisy in trade exposed -cotton

Here's yet another illustration of how developed nations take a 'do as I say not as I do' approach to wrold trade. Developing nations are asked [pressured into] to dismantle tariffs and subsidies for their own [usually crop-based] industries while we subsidise and tariffise our own....

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"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

 I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...