Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas

Title: Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas
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Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas
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" …showed first 75 words of 1173 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1173 total…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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