April 2006 • Issue 388



Action

AUSTRALIA

Global Trade Watch
web: http://www.tradewatchoz.org

Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network
tel: +61 2 8898 6500
web: http://www.aftinet.org.au

Fair Trade Association of Australia
and New Zealand
tel: +61 2 6125 5194
web: http://www.fta.org.au

CANADA

Transfair Canada
tel: +1 613 563 3351
web: http://www.transfair.ca

KAIROS, Canadian Ecumenical Justice
tel: +1 416 463 5312
web: http://www.kairoscanada.org

Council of Canadians
tel: +1 800 387 7177
web: http://www.canadians.org

BRITAIN

Trade Justice Movement
(links to all major NGOs with trade campaigns)
web: http://www.tjm.org.uk

World Development Movement
tel: +44 20 7737 6215
web: http://www.wdm.org.uk

Fairtrade Foundation
tel: +44 20 7405 5942
web: http://www.fairtrade.org.uk

Pesticide Action Network
tel: +44 20 7065 0905
web: http://www.pan-uk.org

No Sweat
tel: +44 7904 431 959
web: http://www.nosweat.org.uk

Labour Behind the Label
tel: +44 1603 666160
web: http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org

IRELAND

Trade Justice Ireland
web: http://www.tradejustice.ie

NEW ZEALAND/AOTEAROA

Trade Aid
tel: +64 3 385 3535
web: http://www.tradeaid.org.nz

Aotearoa/New Zealand Fair Trade Association
web: http://www.fta.org.nz

Christian World Service
tel: +64 3 366 9274
web: http://www.cws.org.nz

Oxfam New Zealand
tel: +64 9 355 6500
web: http://www.oxfam.org.nz

United States

Transfair USA
tel: +1 510 663 5260
web: http://www.transfairusa.org

US Interfaith Trade Justice Campaign
tel: +1 202 635 2757 x134
email: info@tradejusticeusa.org

OTHER

Focus on the Global South
tel: +66 2 218 7363
web: http://www.focusweb.org

Third World Network
tel: +60 4 226 6159
web: http://www.twnside.org.sg

Via Campesina
International farmers’ network
web: http://www.viacampesina.org

The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT)
tel: +31 0 345 53 59 14
web: http://www.ifat.org

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
tel: +32 2 224 0211
web: http://www.icftu.org

Friends of the Earth International
tel: +31 20 622 1369
web: http://www.foei.org

Greenpeace International
tel: +31 20 718 2000
web: http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/

Seattle to Brussels Network
web: http://www.s2bnetwork.org

Resources

Global Trade: Past Mistakes Future Choices by Greg Buckman, Zed 2005.

Behind the Scenes at the WTO by Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen Kwa, Zed Books/Focus on the Global South, 2003.

Trade Justice: Turning Words Into Action
An excellent new campaign guide from Christian Aid.
Available from email: info@christian-aid.org tel:+44 20 7523 2225

Trade Observatory
web: http://www.tradeobservatory.org

International Centre for Trade and Sustainability
web: http://www.ictsd.org




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