Six recent articles about how Brazil fits into the FTAA equation ******* Venezuela, Brazil resist early Americas free trade zone-Chavez http://news.excite.com/news/r/010402/10/trade-venezuela-brazil (excerpt...) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will meet Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso Tuesday to discuss their opposition to accelerating the start date of a 34-nation free trade zone spanning the Western Hemisphere. Some countries, including the United States and Chile, have tried to bring forward the implementation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas to 2003, from the original 2005 date. But Brazil and Venezuela both resist the move on grounds it is too rushed.... ******** A Friend the U.S. Can't Afford to Lose http://www.latimes.com/news/comment/20010401/t000027799.html (Overview of Brazil-US relations, partcularly with regard to the FTAA, by Peter Hakim, President of the Inter-american Dialogue) (excerpt...) ...With 34 Western Hemisphere heads of state scheduled to meet in Quebec City in less than a month, the main focus of the Cardoso-Bush discussion was inter-American free-trade negotiations. If the United States and Brazil can find common ground, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is a done deal. As long as they remain at odds, however, such an area will be a pipe dream, leaving other Latin American nations without the access they want to the U.S. market. ... ******** US will face pressure on its farm subsidies http://news.excite.com/news/r/010402/11/economy-trade-americas (excerpt...) ...Brazil and other Latin American countries, want changes in U.S. anti-dumping and countervailing subsidy laws as part of the agreement. U.S. steel producers, in particular, have used the laws actively in recent years to combat a surge in imports from foreign suppliers, including Brazil.... ******** Bush wants Americas trade pact "soon as possible" http://news.excite.com/news/r/010329/13/economy-trade-americas ******* U.S.-Brazil talks called 'significant' http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010402/3195623s.htm (includes some Brazilian trade statistics) ******* Brazil Flexes New Muscle in Another Trade Fight http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/27/world/27BRAZ.html (In addition to briefly addressing the FTAA, this article looks at Brazil's ongoing fight to maintain much praised low-cost AIDS drug program in the face of US efforts to get a WTO tribunal to shoot it down) ------------------------------------------- Macdonald Stainsby Rad-Green List: Radical anti-capitalist environmental discussion. http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/rad-green ---- Leninist-International: Building bridges in the tradition of V.I. Lenin. http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/leninist-international ---- In the contradiction lies the hope. --Bertholt Brecht _______________________________________________ CrashList website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
