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Free Trade Area of the Americas


The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is the goal of a process initiated in December 1994, at the first Summit of the Americas, involving 34 Heads of State of the Western Hemisphere. A Free Trade Area of the Americas is schedule to be finished by 2005, eliminating trade and investment barriers on virtually all goods and services traded by member countries, reducing prices for consumers and creating new markets for producers throughout the hemisphere. The opposition to FTAA believe free trade will jeopardize the integrity of non-industrialized and unique economies, ecologically significant regions, democracy and local citizen control, and communities of people who do not possess contemporary forms of wealth, opening them up to the pillaging by capitalist interests. They believe that free trade is organized, supported and likely only benefits financial capital, and not the people. Thanks to those who have submitted to this category, and to websites for linking to it: http://www.noront.net/scsj/Issues/FTAA/ftaa_links.htm http://wtoaction.org/phpLinks/index.php?ParentID=28 http://www.geocities.com/ericsquire/ftaa.htm



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WTOAction.Org: FTAA Summit - Brief introduction with resources for useful research on the trade agreement.
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A Consumer Perspective Regarding Intellectual Property - James Packard Love, from the Center for Study of Responsive Law, discusses FTAA and intellectual property rules, a paper presented at Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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FTAA: Opportunities and Challenges for Florida - Information pamphlet by Terry L. McCoy Director of the Latin American Business Environment Program at the University of Florida.
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The MAI Shell Game: FTAA - Factsheet and introduction to FTAA and what action can be taken, compiled by Global Trade Watch of Public Citizen.
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Trade Watch: FTAA - Introduction, frequently asked questions, and criticisms, including how to take action against this expansion of free trade.
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The United States Embassy to Canada - Reports, releases and resources on the process and affects of free trade in the region.
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Global Exchange: Free Trade Area of the Americas - Frequently asked questions, top ten reasons to oppose FTAA, alternatives, updates, and how to get involved.
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QuebecAmericas: Summit of the Americas - Summary, schedule of events, and the province government's position on continental economic integration.
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Threat to Social Programs, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice in Canada and the Americas - Summary, introduction, and in-depth analysis of the agreement, its negotiation and Canadian perspective from Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians.
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Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society - Releases by the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, explaining the committees role in civil society participation, with list of executive summaries submitted to the FTAA.
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Summit of the Americas - Publications, analysis and suggestions to the meetings attempting to integrate markets in the western hemisphere.
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Alternative for the Americas - Catalyzed by the Summit of the Americas in Santiago Chile in April of 1998. A working document concerning FTAA designed to stimulate further debate and education on an alternative vision, based on the interests of all the people in the western hemisphere.
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Foreign Policy in Focus: Free Trade Area of the Americas - Karen Hansen-Kuhn looks at the problems and gives recommendations on the trade agreement.
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Council of Canadians: FTAA and the Threat to Democracy - Introduction, publications, media releases and resources, communicating concerns with "liberalization" and lessons learned from NAFTA.
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Democracy, Development, and Social Justice in the Americas - The Canadian Labour Congress' declaration of the workers of the Americas, in response to the event involving the FTAA in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in May of 1997.
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Council of Americas: FTAA Advocacy - Declerations and reports on a conference on business facilitation of the trade agreement.
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People's Consultation - U.S. component of a hemisphere-wide campaign against the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The campaign includes workshops, public hearings, resolutions, and a national survey.
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Canadian Labour Council - FTAA - Involvement at the summit and information on why Working Families Want "Fair Trade".
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Trade Policy in Developing Economies: The Case of Chile. - A university dissertation with a case study on the economic performance of Chile after it liberalised. [Microsoft Word required.]
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Green Paper 3: Freedoms That Are Abolished (FTAA) - A detailed look at what the trade agreement will be like, and what it threatens in the western hemisphere, written by the Action for Community and Ecology in the Regions of Central America.
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