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Background
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| Fact sheets, frequently-asked-questions, and detailed analyses. Everything you need to educate yourself about the FTAA. |
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Get Involved
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| Find out what you can do in your community to stop this dangerous "free trade" agreement. |
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Updates
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| News articles, action alerts, and other updates from a range of sources. |
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Links
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| A list of other organizations and groups working to stop the FTAA. |
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CAFTA
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| Since the FTAA talks have so far failed, the US is deploying a new Divide-and-Conquer strategy. The Central American Free Trade Agreement was signed in 2004 - find out how you can stop CAFTA from becoming a stepping stone to the FTAA. |
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Andean Free Trade Agreement
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| The Bush Administration is currently negotiating an agreement with the Andean countries - find out more here. |
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Fast Track
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| Learn why Congress should never surrender its authority over US trade policy. |
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Publications
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| Books, audio casettes, videos for deepening your understanding of international trade agreements. |
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Read Global Exchange's analysis of how we defeated the FTAA.
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is an attempt to expand the failed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to every country in Central America, South America and the Caribbean, except Cuba. Negotiations began right after the completion of NAFTA in 1994 and were supposed to have been completed by January 1, 2005.
But an exciting thing happened: the FTAA was not signed on January 1st. Led by strong social movements across the hemisphere, countries like Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil have said NO to a model that has increased poverty across the globe, and are instead searching for a better model of regional integration.
Add your support to the thousands of people who are organizing to show that NAFTA should not be expanded but should be replaced with an international system of cooperation that fosters social equality, human rights, cultural diversity, environmental sustainability, and community well being. We've stopped the FTAA - for now. And now we MUST STOP CAFTA!!
Groups around the hemisphere have also been working together on an alternative agreement that will offer a workable vision of what a fair trade agreement would look like (see www.asc-hsa.org).
Global Exchange protests the FTAA on the US/Mexico border.
