According to one study I reported on last year, when you look at total carbon footprint of each nation (including imports and excluding exports), the progress made under Kyoto looks extremely poor, with Europe's savings reduced to just 1% from 1990 to 2008 and the developed world as a whole seeing its emissions rise by 7% in the same period.
Annie Dunneback of the advocacy group Global Witness said of the EU proposal: "It is the latest in a series of deals that have cast aside the principle of exports for progress and pandered to the demands of the Zimbabwean government".
To increase the region's allure as a market and export base, tangible progress needs to be made, they say, toward pledges of greater economic integration and free trade.
Last week, after long and intense debate, the Kimberley process gave it the go-ahead to hold a one-off sale with any future exports tied to progress on the ground.
Meanwhile, improving global growth should help UK manufacturers' export orders as 2014 progresses, although the upside for export orders may well be constrained by only gradually improving domestic demand in the eurozone.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama was at best an "ignoramus" for saying the socialist leader exported terrorism and obstructed progress in Latin America.
Today, we believe we help export political stability and economic progress to our region of the world.
And it is dreadful news for the hungry poor, because restricting trade in food exacerbates shortages.The Europeans have made progress in reducing export subsidies and liberalising some markets; next year, for example, the EU should become a net importer of sugar for the first time.
