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- MEXICO: Is the Freeing Up of Agricultural Trade Really New?
MEXICO CITY, Jan 4 (IPS) - The elimination of all barriers to imported maize under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will ruin Mexico’s rural areas, according to activists and small farmers who are demanding that the measure be revoked. But the free market which opened on Jan. 1 has in fact been in effect for the past nine years. - CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Lowering Mexico’s Drawbridge to US Maize and Beans
MEXICO CITY, Dec 19 (IPS) - On Jan. 1, the Mexican market will be thrown wide open to imports of maize, beans, powdered milk and sugar from the United States, completing a process that began 14 years ago, in which its impoverished rural sector must compete with a powerful and heavily subsidised foreign rival. - CARIBBEAN: Trade Winds Gusting as Region Faces WTO Meet
KINGSTON, Aug 17 (IPS) - 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. - DEVELOPMENT: Think Tank Urges Closer Ties Among NAFTA Trifecta
WASHINGTON, Mar 14 (IPS) - To consolidate North American integration, the region's leaders must reverse the growing development gap between Canada and the United States on the one hand, and Mexico on the other, according to a "Chairmen's Statement" by an influential task force released here Monday. - WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: In the U.S., Polls and Bullets Blot Out Upcoming Summit
NEW YORK, Jan 12 (IPS) - Activists from the United States are heading to Brazil for the upcoming World Social Forum, determined to refute the widespread belief that their country has "gone Republican". They’re also in search of fresh inspiration for the fight against the exploitation of people, and natural resources. - TRADE: North American Leaders 'Micro-Managing' Environment Deal
MONTREAL, Jun 17 (IPS) - The North American environment would be better off if governments agreed to set aside a section of the continent's free trade deal that lets them pursue one another for not enforcing their laws, says a review of the deal's "green" accord. - CANADA-US: Customs Union Could Have Big Political Price - Experts
TORONTO, Mar 3 (IPS) - A possible customs union between this country and the United States, dismissed as the speculation of technical feasibility studies by Canadian government bureaucrats, could have enormous economic and political implications, warn some observers. - TRADE-CANADA: Numbers Up, Workers Down After 10 Years of NAFTA
OTTAWA, Dec 31 (IPS) - North America's trade deal drove down the real wages of Canadian workers by about 20 percent -- if they did not lose their jobs altogether, says globalisation critic Murray Dobbin, author of a critical book about Canada's new prime minister, Paul Martin. - TRADE: North American Deal Dismal After a Decade
WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (IPS) - After 10 years a deal that all sides say transformed trade and investment rules in North America has still produced far fewer positive results than originally promised, according to its critics. - TRADE: A Mixed Decade for NAFTA Environment Accord
MEXICO CITY, Dec 23 (Tierramérica) - The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) is the only such mechanism in the world to accompany a free trade treaty. For 10 years it has been at the forefront in keeping an open channel to citizens, but it shows signs of weakness amidst the overwhelming force of international commerce. - TRADE-LATAM: Activists Predict Increase in Street Vendors
BOGOTA, Dec 18 (IPS) - Critics of the impact of free trade agreements on Latin America, especially the projected effects of the FTAA, say the number of street vendors will increase in the region's large cities. - TRADE: U.S. Reaches Pact With Central American Nations
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (IPS) - The United States and four Central American countries reached a so-called free trade agreement (FTA) on Wednesday, a deal critics say will cost U.S. jobs and transfer wealth from the already impoverished Latin nations to U.S. corporations. - TRADE: World Bank Lauds North American Deal's Impact on Mexico
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (IPS) - Contradicting a number of recent studies and findings by independent think tanks and activists, the World Bank says the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has spurred economic development in Mexico. - TRADE: Broad Coalition Vows to Fight U.S.-Central America Pact
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (IPS) - Representatives from trade unions, human rights and civil society groups joined U.S. legislators Tuesday in denouncing a free trade deal the United States is negotiating with five Central American nations as an official failure to address labour, environmental and public health concerns. - TRADE: Farmers Say Food Must Be Dropped From Gov'ts Deal-Making
NEW YORK, Dec 10 (IPS) - Farmers and peasant groups around the world are pressing the concept of 'food sovereignty' as a challenge to the World Trade Organisation's agriculture policies, which they say push millions of small farmers off their land and lead to food insecurity.
