-Caveat Lector- >From www.igc.org > Stop NAFTA Southern Expansion - Say No To FTAA > > > > > Originally posted in IGC member conference: nfn.tempforest > Date: September 21, 1999 > Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > /* Written 10:19 AM Sep 21, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] in nfn.tempforest */ > /* ---------- "Stop NAFTA Southern Expansion-FTAA" ---------- */ > > STOP THE SOUTHWARD NAFTA EXPANSION > NO TO THE FREE TRADE AREA OF THE AMERICAS (FTAA) > COME TO TORONTO OCTOBER 31 TO NOVEMBER 4, 1999 > > From November 1-4, 1999 trade representatives from throughout the western > hemisphere will convene in Toronto, Canada. Their goal is to remove all > social and environmental impediments to trade in the Americas. Their plan > promises to benefit multinational corporations, while devastating national > economies, sending people into deeper poverty, and destroying the natural > environment. How do they intend to do this? Through the proposed Free Trade > Area of the Americas (FTAA). > > The FTAA is an expansion of the 1994 NAFTA (North American Free Trade > Agreement). The FTAA intends to bind 34 countries in the western > hemisphere to further remove restrictions on the free movement of capital, > goods, and services. Like the attempted Multilateral Agreement on > Investment (MAI), the FTAA will further extend the implications of NAFTA, > while eliminating its environmental and labor side agreements. The FTAA > plans to broaden definitions of investment to further eradicate the > distinctions between short and long term investment, thus promoting > socially irresponsible financial speculation. > > Such "quick buck" speculation, encouraged by recently liberalized > international trade policy, was largely responsible for the 1995 peso crash and > the more recent economic crisis in Southeast Asia. If the FTAA continues in the > direction of NAFTA and the MAI, the affected nations will also be prohibited > from distinguishing between domestic and foreign investment. Thus, Latin > American countries will be forced to allow foreign companies to take advantage > of and extend low environmental and labor standards, while providing little > benefit to their local economies. As for direct effects to North America, jobs > will disappear as companies continue to move south. The recent moves to > liberalize trade have created worldwide social and economic disaster > > The trade ministers of the FTAA fear an interruption in the negotiations > could halt the entire process. Here lies the weak link. We must show our > opposition to the FTAA. > > What can you do? > 1) Come show your opposition at the Toronto rally. Organize affinity > groups and carpools. Come with words, banners, puppets, flyers, and lots > of people. > 2)Write your congressperson. The Clinton Administration has not received > permission from Congress to be in these negotiations. Demand that these > talks cease! > 3) Call US negotiator on investment issues, Lisa Kupiske at (202) 395-3510. Tell > her no FTAA! > > For further information please contact ACERCA or the Metro Network for > Social Justice: > > ACERCA > Action for Community & Ecology in the Rainforests of Central America > POB 57 > Burlington, VT 05402 USA > (802)863-0571 > (802) 864-8203 Fax > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.acerca.org > > Metro Network for Social Justice > 2 Carlton St, Suite 1001 > Toronto, ON M5B 1J3 CANADA > (416)351-0095 Extension 237 > (416)351-0107 Fax > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > NOTE: Email responses from ACERCA may be delayed as the ACERCA staff will > be attending the 50 Years is Enough and the Mexico Solidarity Network > conferences from 23 September until 26 September in Washington, DC. > Copyright �1998 Institute for Global Communications. 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