The New Resource Grab: How EU Trade Policy on Raw Materials is Undermining Development – November 2010 (PDF 3.85MB)
This report examines both the EU's attempt to curb or ban the use of export taxes by developing countries, as well as its attempts to negotiate new rules on investment that will give European companies unprecedented access to raw materials in developing countries.
Slamming the door on development : Analysis of the EU’s response to the Pacific’s EPA negotiating proposals -- December 2006 (PDF File 78kb)
Oxfam was one of few civil society participants to the Pacific Trade Ministerial held in Vanuatu in August 2007. Read Oxfam's summary of the meeting which was dominated by discussions on the way forward on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations with the European Commission (EC).
Read Oxfam's briefing paper: Weighing the Options (PDF File 145kb) which provides Pacific governments, civil society and members of the public with analysis aimed at clarifying some of the key decisions that need to be taken on the way forward in the region’s Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations with the European Commission.