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The commission wants market access for European banks in the developing world (Photo: EUobserver)

Brussels pushing finance deregulation in third world

While EU and other global leaders have talked tough about re-regulating the financial sector in the wake of the economic crisis, they remain committed to pushing through banking deregulation in the developing world via trade deals.

This strategy is undermining poverty reduction in these countries and is reproducing the same type of circumstances that led to the crisis in the first place, warns a new report published on Wednesday (11 March) by the World Development Movement, an UK-based ...

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The commission wants market access for European banks in the developing world (Photo: EUobserver)

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