INTRODUCTION The external policy of the EU is generally considered to consist largely of trade negotiations on various bilateral and multilateral stages. There is much debate over the effectiveness of policy with respect to the developing world; in the context of this discussion I have used the te...

The Netherlands As the European union begins to bring all European countries together, it is of the greatest importance that all countries agree on various aspects of everyday life. It is important that these member countries agree on laws, policies, and other such aspects that could affect the ove...

One should probably start an argument on the issue of the Group of 21 proposals with a statement from Oxfam International's 2002 report Rigged Rules and Double Standards: "the problem is not that international trade is inherently opposed to the needs and interests of the poor, but that the...

The politics of privacy in America are imprudent and sentimental, fired by heart-tugging anecdotes that capture public imagination. Not too long ago TV actress Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered by an obsessive fan that obtained her address through the department of motor vehicles. This later led Con...

Between 1986 and 1992, the European Union, a union which currently consists of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, became an internal market without any boundaries and barriers. Ma...

The rich get richer while the poor get poorer and the rest of the world sits by and watches without affliction. Over three-quarters of the world's poor live in rural areas and are heavily dependant on agriculture. Over $300 billion is spent annually by richer nations supporting their own farmers, w...