Council of the Americas - The NEW Trilateral Commission
Same old wine, different bottle. -- Joshua2
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Declaration of the Council of the Americas
May1, 2000
The Council of the Americas,
meeting in Washington, D.C. on the
occasion of the Council's 30th
annual Washington Conference,
expresses its continuing strong
support for the goals set forth at
the 1994 Miami Summit of the
Americas and reaffirmed at the
1998 Santiago Summit -
particularly the establishment of
a Free Trade Area of the Americas
(FTAA) by 2005 and the development
of more integrated and liberalized
capital and financial markets in
the Western Hemisphere.
The Council of the Americas is concerned that the lack of
traditional trade negotiating authority for the President
to conclude new trade agreements needed to expand U.S.
markets abroad continues to impact negatively the ability
of the United States to lead the FTAA process. The Council
strongly urges the Administration and the Congress to
reach bipartisan agreement quickly on this issue, which is
of great importance to the economic well being and
national security of our nation. Clearly, trade
negotiating authority is an essential element of any
effective strategy to bring about an FTAA agreement.
The Council congratulates the FTAA Ministers for approving
8 business facilitation measures at its meeting in Toronto
last November and urges that governments work to ensure
that in addition to producing a bracketed text for the
FTAA agreement at their April 2001 meeting in Argentina,
they achieve consensus on further business facilitation
measures which can be ratified at that meeting. The
Council appreciates the improved mechanisms for
coordination by governments with business communities on
the FTAA and urges that they continue to be strengthened.
The Council notes that the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) continues to be a great success for the
United States, Canada and Mexico, bringing significant
benefits to U.S. business, labor, agriculture and
consumers. Since NAFTA’s implementation 6 years ago, total
U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico has increased 91.4% and
accounts for over one third of all U.S. merchandise trade,
exceeding our trade with the European Union and Japan
combined. We urge the administration and the Congress to
redouble their efforts to ensure that NAFTA achieves its
full potential, and to enact legislation providing for
Caribbean Basin Trade Enhancement. The Council also urges
that the Congress take early action to ratify the
Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, so that the
U.S. leadership in fighting corruption in the hemisphere
can be maintained and strengthened. It also recommends
that the administration transmit the four signed but
unratified Bilateral Investment Treaties with countries in
the Western Hemisphere to the Congress and that the
Congress ratify them promptly.
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( Notice that it's always the same players. DemocRAT, Republican,
Liberal, Conservative, it matters not. If one wishes to categorize
these people, then the ONLY practical way to do it is - International
Corporate Capitalist Elites vs. everyone else. -- J2 )
Council of the Americas
Conference Agenda
The Americas in the New Economy
30th Washington Conference
April 30- May 2, 2000
AGENDA
Sunday, April 30, 2000
Colonnade Room
Monarch Hotel
6:30-8:00 PM
Welcoming Reception
Monday, May 1, 2000
Loy Henderson Conference Room
Department of State
7:30-8:30 AM
Registration and Continental
Breakfast
8:30-8:45 AM
Welcoming Remarks
William R. Rhodes, Chairman,
Council of the Americas
Thomas E. McNamara, President &
Chief Executive Officer, Council
of the Americas
8:45-9:30 AM
The U.S. and the Americas in the New Millennium
Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State
Introduction: David Rockefeller,
Honorary Chairman, Council of the Americas
Current U.S. Policy Agenda for the Americas
Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant
Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Introduction: Thomas E. McNamara,
President & Chief Executive Officer, Council of the Americas
9:30-10:00 AM
Hemispheric Commerce in the New Economy
Robert L. Mallett, Deputy Secretary of Commerce
Introduction: William P. Kelly,
Director, International Governmental Affairs,
Ford Motor Company
10:00-10:15 AM
Break 10:15- 11:15 AM
Future Economic Priorities for the Americas
Carlos Noriega, Undersecretary of
Finance and Public Credit, Mexico
Rubens Antonio Barbosa, Ambassador
of Brazil to the United States
Julio Dreizzen, Undersecretary of Finance, Argentina
Introduction: Eduardo Pupo,
Managing Partner, Latin American
Business Center,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Moderator: William R. Rhodes, Chairman, Council of the Americas
The Internet in the Americas
11:15 -11:45 AM
Charles Herington, President &
Chief Executive Officer, America
Online Latin America
11:45 AM-12:15 PM
Fernando Espuelas, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer,
StarMedia Network
Introduction: Carlos E. Alfaro,
Partner, Alfaro- Navarro, LLC
12:15- 12:30 PM
Relocate
12:30-2:00 PM
Luncheon
Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic Room, 8th Floor
The Global Economy in the New Millennium
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
ntroduction: William R. Rhodes, Chairman, Council of the Americas
2:00- 2:30 PM
Break and Relocate
2:30- 3:15 PM
New Technological Challenges in the Hemisphere
F. Duane Ackerman, Chairman &
Chief Executive Officer, BellSouth Corporation
Introduction: Thomas E. McNamara, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Council of the Americas
3:15- 3:45 PM
Beyond 2000: Visions for the Hemisphere
Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey
Introduction: Thomas E. McNamara, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Council of the Americas
3:45- 4:15 PM
Break
4:15- 4:45 PM
The Evolution of the Global
Financial Infrastructure
Stanley Fischer, First Deputy
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Introduction: William R. Rhodes,
Chairman, Council of the Americas
4:45- 5:15 PM
Harnessing Technology in the Hemisphere
Enrique Iglesias, President,
Inter-American Development Bank
Introduction: Susan Kaufman
Purcell, Vice President, Council of the Americas
5:15 PM
Adjourn
6:30 PM
Reception
Benjamin Franklin Diplomatic
Reception Room, 8th Floor
William R. Rhodes, Chairman, Council of the Americas
Peter F. Romero, Acting Assistant
Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Tuesday, May 2, 2000
Loy Henderson Conference Room
Department of State
7:30- 8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
8:30- 9:00 AM
Congressional Perspectives on
U.S.-Latin American Relations
Bob Graham, U.S. Senate (D-FL)
Introduction: Thomas "Mack" McLarty, Vice Chairman,
Kissinger McLarty Associates
9:00-9:45 AM
Latin America in the New Economy
Luis de la Calle, Undersecretary for International Trade Negotiations,
Secretariat of Commerce and Industrial Development, Mexico
Introduction: Peter Weber, President, FMC Latin America
9:45- 10:15 AM
Advancing the Hemispheric Free Trade Agenda
Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative
Introduction: John T. McCarter, President & Chief Executive Officer,
General Electric Latin America
10:15- 10:45 AM
Labor’s Perspective on Free Trade
George Becker, President,
United Steelworkers of America
Introduction: William T. Pryce, Vice President,
Washington Operations, Council of the Americas
10:45-11:00 AM
Break
Future Energy Policy in the Americas
11:00- 11:30 AM
Luis Tellez, Secretary of Energy, Mexico
11:30 AM- 12:00 PM
T.J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary of Energy
Introduction: James R. Jones, Chairman, U.S. Council,
Mexico-U.S. Business Committee
12:25 —1:00 PM
Closing Address
William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States
Welcoming Remarks: David Rockefeller, Honorary Chairman,
Council of the Americas
Introduction: Kenneth H. (Buddy) MacKay, Jr.,
Special Envoy for the Americas, The White House
Council of the Americas Conference Declaration
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