How unequal trade with Global North leaves Latin America supplying land, labor and raw materials
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The current international economic system continues to deepen inequalities between developed countries and regions exporting raw materials. A new study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) concludes that the global north plunders resources from Latin America through deeply unbalanced trade exchange mechanisms. Research estimates that by 2020 alone the richest economies appro…
How unequal trade with Global North leaves Latin America supplying land, labor and raw materials
More than 900 million tonnes of materials, 4 million km2 of land, and 53 billion hours of labor. This is the scale of resources that the Global North net appropriated from Latin America through international trade in 2020 alone, according to a new study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) which analyzes ecologically unequal exchange and economic dependency.
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