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 ... [MORE] Activism (7) Central American Free Trade Agreement - CAFTA@ (13) News & Media (19) North American Free Trade Agreement - NAFTA@ (4) North American Free Trade Agreement - NAFTA@ (4) 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. Canadian Labour Council - FTAA - Involvement at the summit and information on why Working Families Want "Fair Trade". 4. 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. 5. Council of Americas: FTAA Advocacy - Declerations and reports on a conference on business facilitation of the trade agreement. 6. Foreign Policy in Focus: Free Trade Area of the Americas - Karen Hansen-Kuhn looks at the problems and gives recommendations on the trade agreement. 7. 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. 8. Global Exchange: Free Trade Area of the Americas - Frequently asked questions, top ten reasons to oppose FTAA, alternatives, updates, and how to get involved. 9. 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. 10. The MAI Shell Game: FTAA - Factsheet and introduction to FTAA and what action can be taken, compiled by Global Trade Watch of Public Citizen. 11. 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.] 12. Trade Watch: FTAA - Introduction, frequently asked questions, and criticisms, including how to take action against this expansion of free trade. 13. 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. 14. 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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