For those non-trade experts wishing to follow the trade debate, one frightening obstacle is the information overload. There is a mass of technical literature on a wide range of issues and very little is easily accessible to the general reader or interested environmental group. Yet it is essential to gain an understanding of the issues to become effective in influencing trade towards compatibility with sustainable development.
This series of information sheets on the best readings currently available in the field will make understanding the issues easier. Each loose-leaf sheet covers a main topic, giving a summary of the top 10 recommended readings that help introduce the topic, explain it in an accessible language, provide an exceptional insight to it or a particular perspective on it.