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Trade can be an engine for poverty reduction, but only if the rules work to benefit poor people and developing countries. Oxfam is working to influence agreements on trade and investment rules so that they take into account the asymmetries in development that exist between rich and poor countries. In this way, trade could provide better opportunities for poor people to make a decent living, gain access to affordable health care, and enjoy basic human rights.

Oxfam is advocating a new trade policy that spreads the benefits of trade in developing countries by placing development at its core.

OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
These are extraordinary times
Working together to end poverty and injustice
An overview of Oxfam America and our approach to poverty relief and lasting social change.
Oxfam in West Africa
Across the vast Sahel and down through the lush rainforests of Ghana, there is a growing sense of possibility.
Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to the political dialogue, calling on their governments: Hear us now.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2006
Challenging Injustice
Oxfam in South America
To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America have a simple, yet important message: "We are here."
OXFAMExchange Winter 2005
Come Together: Building a movement to overcome poverty and change the world
OXFAMExchange Fall 2002
What's in your coffee? Oxfam's coffee campaign. Plus Afghanistan, Make Trade Fair campaign, and the Hopi people's struggle for clean, safe drinking water.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2002
Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
More publications
Empty promises
What happened to 'development' in the WTO's Doha Round?
What Happened at the G20?
Initial analysis of the London summit
Ending the R&D Crisis in Public Health
Square pegs in round holes
How the Farm Bill squanders chances for a pro-development trade deal
Investing for Life
Meeting poor people's needs for access to medicines through responsible business practices
Shut Out
How US farm programs fail minority farmers
Impacts of Reductions in US Cotton Subsidies on West African Cotton Producers
The World is Still Waiting
Broken G8 promises are costing millions of lives
All Costs, No Benefits
How TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines
Signing Away the Future
How trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries undermine development
Pricing Farmers Out of Cotton
The cost of World Bank reforms in Mali
How Does the USDA Farm Bill Proposal Measure Up?
Oxfam America Testimony on US Trade Agenda
Seeking Common Grounds
Oxfam's proposed reforms of the International Coffee Agreement
Fairness in the Fields
A vision for the 2007 Farm Bill
Patents versus Patients
Five years after the Doha Declaration
Song of the Sirens
Why the US–Andean FTAs undermine sustainable development and regional integration
Grounds for Change
Market volatility and declining terms of trade, along with inadequate access to infrastructure, financial resources, and market information, put sustainable livelihoods out of reach for millions of rural families.
A Recipe for Disaster
Will the Doha Round fail to deliver for development?
Public Health at Risk
A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand
What happened in Hong Kong?
Initial analysis of the WTO Ministerial, December 2005
Fish Trade, Food, and Income Security
An overview of the constraints and barriers faced by small-scale fishers, farmers, and traders in the Lower Mekong Basin
Blood on the Floor
How the rich countries have squeezed development out of the WTO Doha negotiations
Truth or Consequences
Why the EU and the US must reform their subsidies or pay the price
Africa and the Doha Round
Fighting to keep development alive
Congressional Testimony: The Implementation of DR-CAFTA
The Coffee Crisis Continues
The new Oxfam report assesses the current state of the coffee crisis and calls on the US government to help coffee farmers take full advantage of improved market conditions.
Kicking Down the Door
The new Oxfam report highlights the inequities in global trade policies and calls for meaningful attention to development issues in ongoing trade negotiations.
A Raw Deal for Rice Under DR-CAFTA
Finding the Moral Fiber
In the briefing paper Finding the Moral Fiber: Why Reform Is Urgently Needed for a Fair Cotton Trade, Oxfam calls for a timetable for the elimination of all trade-distorting cotton subsidies.
Like Machines in the Fields
Workers without rights in American agriculture
Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold
From Cancun to Miami
The FTAA Threat to Development in the Hemisphere
Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup
In this report, Oxfam calls for the major players in the coffee industry to support a Coffee Rescue Plan to overcome the current crisis and create a more stable market.
Cultivating Poverty
The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa
More research
Oxfam America Organizing Guide
Tips for taking action in your community
Oxfam America House Party Guide
Tools for hosting a high-impact event
More tools for activists
In the grip of drought
Ethiopians find ways to fight back
Thank you from Oxfam and Ethiopian coffee farmers
Starbucks and Ethiopia finalized a trademark agreement, ending their dispute and bringing both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers.
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Starbucks campaign: Anatomy of a win

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