06 July 2004

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Hewitt unveils 'new vision' for trade

It looks to me like this means that the UK govt 'buys' the arguments from Christian Aid, Oxfam etc that opening up markets by dropping trade barriers in the developing world is a bad idea unless it's done in a way that works for poverty reduction and doesn't just benefit western TNC's. Which is good news [Yeow! subordinate clause as it's own sentence! But justifiable on stylistic grounds].

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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...