Alternative for the Americas - http://www.web.net/comfront/alts4americas/intro.html 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.
Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society - http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/ftaa/0599_ftaa_exec.html 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.
Global Exchange: Free Trade Area of the Americas - http://www.globalexchange.org/ftaa/ Frequently asked questions, top ten reasons to oppose FTAA, alternatives, updates, and how to get involved.
Green Paper 3: Freedoms That Are Abolished (FTAA) - http://asej.org/ACERCA//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.
People's Consultation - http://www.peoplesconsultation.org/ U.S. component of a hemisphere-wide campaign against the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The campaign includes workshops, public hearings, resolutions, and a national survey.
A Consumer Perspective Regarding Intellectual Property - http://www.cptech.org/pharm/belopaper.html James Packard Love, from the Center for Study of Responsive Law, discusses FTAA and intellectual property rules, a paper presented at Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Democracy, Development, and Social Justice in the Americas - http://www.clc-ctc.ca/international/justice.html The Canadian Labour Congress' declaration of the workers of the Americas, in response to the event involving the FTAA in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in May of 1997.
Canadian Labour Council - FTAA - http://www.clc-ctc.ca/campaigns/ftaa_2001.html Involvement at the summit and information on why Working Families Want "Fair Trade".
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