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GATT, NAFTA, and the subversion of the democratic process written by Ralph Nader and Lori Wallach exerpted from the book The Case Against the Global Economy Edited by Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith WTO: The global enforcer The World Trade Organization (WTO), the new governing structure , was crafted at the end of the Uruguay Round negotiations to organize and enforce this new system of ...
www.thirdworldtraveler.com/WTO_MAI/WTO_CAGE.html
FTAA and Intellectual Property Rules, a paper presented at Belo Horizonte.
www.cptech.org/pharm/belopaper.html
Africa Americas Asia Europe/Central Asia Middle East/N. Africa United States Arms Children's Rights HIV/AIDS International Justice Prisons Refugees Women's Rights More... April 2001 Volume 13, No. 2(B) CANADA/MEXICO/UNITED STATES TRADING AWAY RIGHTS The Unfulfilled Promise of NAFTA's Labor Side Agreement ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TERMS AND ACRONYMS NAALC OBJECTIVES AND OBLIGATIONS NAALC LABOR RIGHTS ...
www.hrw.org/reports/2001/nafta
World Trade Organization (WTO) ... no democratically achieved environmental, health or food safety law challenged at tht WTO has ever been upheld. All have been declared barriers to trade. Lori Wallach and Michelle Sforza - Public Citizen FTAA FTAA - NAFTA on Steroids Quebec City Free-Trade Flashpoint The rules of the world economy serve the interests of the multinational companies; they ...
www.thirdworldtraveler.com/WTO_MAI/WTO.html
Issues and developments related to the treaty, as well as contacts and on-line access to a copy of the accord. Updated regularly The Chamber's NAFTA Forum, marked by a series of papers and conferences on salient issues related to U.S.-Mexico commerce, presents topical information on the world's largest free trade area. The following papers aim to clarify key aspects of U.S.-Mexico economic ...
Government trade policy, international affairs, and foreign trade links and research resources.
www.thunderlake.com/linksgov.html
Ode Magazine The Treaty of Noordwijk aan Zee is an important step towards a truly new economy - an economy where people matter. On 2 December 2000 the treaty, an initiative by the Dutch alternative newsmagazine Ode, has been signed by about 150 participants. In Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin experts and outsiders from all over the world gathered together to write this treaty within two days. The ...
www.treatyofnoordwijkaanzee.com
On April 15-18, 1998, about a thousand men and women from nearly every nation of the hemisphere gathered for a Peoples' Summit of the Americas in Santiago, Chile. They expressed their collective rejection of the dominant neo-liberal agenda that promotes trade and investment liberalization, deregulation, privatization, and market-driven economics as the formula for development, a formula that has ...
www.web.net/comfront/alts4americas/intro.html
Philippe Legrain - Editor of World Link, the magazine of the World Economic Forum, freelance economics writer, former special adviser to WTO director-general Mike Moore and Economist journalist, currently writing a book about globalisation.
The Montaner Project offers immediate work and food for the poor. The Tobin Tax contributes nothing; it only cultivates hopes without harvests.
www.globalizarlavivienda.org
Index of documents for Executive Summaries of Submissions to FTAA ...
www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/ftaa/0599_ftaa_exec.html
Links to functional trade policy issues including development, agriculture, environment, labour, finance, investment, and transport.
www.thunderlake.com/linksissue.html
Comprehensive background information and links on international trade issues, including GATT, NAFTA, and the WTO.
www.policyalmanac.org/economic/international_trade.shtml
The Structure of WTO Representation in the WTO and economic groupings How the WTO takes decisions The WTO Secretariat and Budget How countries join the WTO Assisting developing and transition economic groupings Specialised help for export promotion The WTO's part in global economic policy-making Overseeing national trade Policies The structure of the WTO The structure of the WTO is dominated by ...
www.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/wtoworks.htm
The Summit of the Americas Quebec 2001. The CSIS Canada Project is dedicated to the study of Canada and the Canada-United States relationship, and to analyzing the process of deepening North American integration that is transforming them both and establishing the new dynamics of a continental economy.
www.csis.org/americas/2001summit.htm
Describes why the events of the WTO happen, the protestors and vandals, the effects of their actions, and an apology ...
