NAFTA and CAFTA
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- Colombia's Free Trade Agreement and labour rights abuses
- ( Public Citizen , 2008)
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In 2008, Colombia remains the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a trade unionist. The government has not been a neutral or benevolent actor in Colombia’s human rights nightma...
- The damage of NAFTA for Mexico and how to increase benefits from FDI
- ( L. Zarsky;K.P. Gallagher / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University , 2007)
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In joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico expected a rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) that would bring environmental benefits through the growth of cleaner industry ...
- Americans and Canadians uniting to address the challenge of Chinese competetion
- ( E. Weir, / Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives , 2007)
- This note examines the effect of trade balances on North American jobs. It argues that the conventional wisdom that Canada’s trade surplus with the US has transferred jobs from Americans to Cana...
- How bilateral and regional free trade agreements rob developing countries of their economic governance
- ( E. Jones / Oxfam , 2007)
- This briefing paper argues that trade and investment are essential for development, and the imbalances that characterise and distort global trade and investment rules must be addressed as a matter of ...
- A policy analysis examining the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions
- ( T. Wise / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University , 2007)
- This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreemen...
- Examining civil society engagement with trade policy in Latin America
- ( P. Cox; P. Newell; T. Tuplin; D. Tussie / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2006)
- This paper explores the question of civil society engagement with trade policy in Latin America, identifying key factors which shape the dynamics and possibilities of participation. These include:...
- How American politicians were bought off in order to endorse CAFTA
- ( Public Citizen , 2006)
- This report documents how members in the United States House of Represenatives received nearly 2.8 million from January to September 2005 in a succesful attempt to pass the Central American Free Trade...
- Brief on the impacts of trade on development and poverty, with a focus on the U.S.A.
- ( Center for Global Development, USA , 2006)
- This briefing paper considers the different ways in which trade affects development and global poverty, focusing particularly on the effects on economic integration on America. It points out that ther...
- Why the AFTA could potentially be harmful and ways of preventing this
- ( K. Vyborny; H. Cardenas / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2005)
- This paper is a response to a meeting planned between the US and the Andean countries of Ecuador, Colombia and Peru in 2005 to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement. Arguing that the US-Andean Free Trade A...
- Impact of NAFTA on human rights in Mexico
- ( International Federation for Human Rights , 2006)
- This paper assesses the human rights impacts of the NAFTA in Mexico, with a particular focus on working conditions. It specifically examines levels of employment and labour rights in the northern par...
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