Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 22:38:37
Category: / Business & Economy / Marketing and Advertising
Length: 4 pages (1173 words)
Category: / Business & Economy / Marketing and Advertising
Length: 4 pages (1173 words)
Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the
Free Trade Area of the Americas
In recent years, representatives from 34 countries have been working to expand the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is another example of the free-market fundamentalism that has created a global race-to-the-bottom that threatens the environment, families' livelihoods, human rights, and democracy. Once again, a sweeping "free trade" …
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…are creating an alternative grassroots globalization. Citizens' groups from across the Western Hemisphere have written an "Alternative Agreement for the Americas" that offers a picture of what socially responsible and environmentally sustainable trade would look like. You can find the document on the www.hsa-asc.org website. To learn more about the FTAA and what you can do to stop it, visit our background section, or contact us at 415-255-7296 or ftaa@globalexchange.org.
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