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Groups to rally against Bush in Argentina
"We think his policies are totally contrary to what we want for Latin America and are promoting genocide, domination of workers and their communities and the plundering of natural resources," said Argentine labor leader Juan Gonzalez, who is heading a protest "People’s Summit" coinciding with Bush’s visit Thursday through Saturday.
US sets deadline for entering Free Trade
The Dominican Republic has until 15 November to approve reforms stipulated by the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Central America (CAFTA-DR), or it will not be able to participate as of January 2006, the launch date for the accord.
Costa Ricans march against US free trade agreement
Costa Rica University students peacefully marched to the National Assembly on Tuesday, expressing their rejection of the signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
Top US executives set for FTA tour of Central America
Taking advantage of a newly approved free trade agreement, the US begins a commercial offensive in Central America this coming week, prompting concerns that local economies weakened by recent floods could represent easy targets for US corporations.
An eye for an eye? Disregarding fairness, disconnecting from the FTAA
Latin American countries have rightly learned to be apprehensive over the domination of the United States, and it is this reluctance that is behind their slowdown over the FTAA.
Nicaragua approves Central American Free Trade Agreement
Nicaragua’s legislature late Monday approved the Central American Free Trade with the United States.
Free trade isn’t free of partisan politics
Bitter partisanship is putting the United States’ trade agenda in the Americas in serious jeopardy.
The price of going to market
Last year was the tenth anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and nearly all evaluations of the agreement conceded that the period showed negligible or negative results for Mexico. As the developing country partner of the agreement, Mexico’s experience under NAFTA has major implications for other developing nations negotiating FTA’s, particularly with the United States.
After NAFTA - CAFTA and AFTA
Instead of heeding the wave of social opposition, the United States has dug into its trenches, and in economic policy those trenches are the bilateral trade agreements.
Dominican Republic passes free-trade agreement with US
Dominican legislators overwhelmingly approved a free-trade agreement yesterday with the United States and five Central American countries - rejecting arguments that the pact would devastate the domestic sugar industry.
In the trade zone: Georgians assess effects of CAFTA deal
Georgia’s poultry industry is gearing up to ship more frozen chicken abroad under the Central American Free Trade Agreement, while parts of the state’s textile industry also stand to gain.
Caribbean: Trade winds gusting as region faces WTO meet
Recent developments in international trade highlight the difficulties facing the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) as it prepares for a key World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Hong Kong this December.
Official: CAFTA would hurt Mexico industry
Mexico’s assembly-for-export industry, which has struggled to compete with China, will likely be hurt further by the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, officials said Wednesday.
Can CAFTA save textile and apparel producers?
The notion that 283,000 textile and apparel jobs will be created in Central America as a result of CAFTA is a pipedream.
The FTAA: A recipe for economic disaster?
As indicated by CAFTA’s ratification, instead of pushing for the enactment of the FTAA, the Bush administration has re-evaluated its strategy, now attempting to build up momentum by establishing separate free trade agreements with the different regions in the hemisphere through a "divide-and-conquer" strategy.
A toxic trade-off
Pressing for passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement at a White House news conference in May, President Bush made the case that a vote for CAFTA was a vote for democracy: "By transforming our hemisphere into a powerful free trade area, we will promote democratic governance, human rights and economic liberty for everyone," he said.
Big Pharma’s free ride
Pharmaceutical companies are using free-trade deals like CAFTA to eliminate global competition — and deny poor patients access to cheaper generic drugs.
Local push for Cafta-DR trade agreement
Puerto Rico’s trade with the Dominican Republic could double with the approval of Cafta-DR.
Free trade showdown: How long can Panama hold out for an agreement that reflects its own national interests?
DR-CAFTA’s narrow victory will incite US domestic producers’ lobbies to exert heavier pressure to get a US-Panama agreement more favorable to US industry.
The implications of Cafta for Thai-US FTA talks
There are signs that many Americans are becoming more unwilling to bear the burdens of free trade.