Monthly Archives: August 2008

Tariffs, not patents, hurt low-carbon innovation, South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)

A hundred countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana, this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Understandably, developing countries refuse to sacrifice growth to cut emissions, so they want new low-carbon … Continue reading

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Attacking patents is a way to halt progress on climate accord, China Post (Taiwan)

A hundred countries are meeting in Accra this week in negotiations for a new climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Understandably, developing countries refuse to sacrifice economic growth in order to cut emissions, so they want … Continue reading

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Flawed focus drove Doha to collapse, ABC

The Doha Development Round is in a deep, deep coma. A lot of excuses will be made for a failure to reach agreement. But the real problem is that the round stopped focusing on the World Trade Organisation’s primary purpose … Continue reading

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