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CAFTA: Free Trade vs. Democracy by Mark Engler | January 30, 2003 Earlier this month, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick met with foreign ministers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua to launch official negotiations for the United States-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), a treaty that would expand NAFTA-style trade barrier [...]
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Escalera Náutica: Stairway from Heaven to Hell by Sonya Angelica Diehn | January 30, 2003 The ostensible goal of the Escalera Náutica, or Nautical Stairway, is to develop luxury tourism in the Gulf of California and Sonoran Desert region of northwestern Mexico by catering to U.S. pleasure boaters. However, the project, like its sister [...]
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Falta de información, y una línea de tiempo acelerada ¿TLC entre EE.UU. y América Central: Saltando Sin Mirar? por Vincent McElhinny | 28 de enero de 2003 Los beneficios potenciales del comercio internacional pueden ser un motor importante para el crecimiento económico y la reducción de la pobreza. Sin embargo, estos beneficios solo se [...]
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Serious questions, information gaps, and an accelerated timeline U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement: Leaping Without Looking? by Vincent McElhinny | January 17, 2003 The potential benefits of trade can be an important engine for economic growth and poverty reduction. However, only when trade is built upon solid institutional foundations are these benefits typically realized. [...]
Read more →De Doha a Cancún, los cimientos de barro de la globalización por Germán A. de la Reza | 7 de enero de 2003 Los avances en la apretada agenda negociadora de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) y el Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA), sugieren que el fracaso de Seattle, las [...]
Read more →Venezuela en la Encrucijada por Margarita López Maya | 11 de Diciembre de 2002 El martes 10 de diciembre, el paro cívico convocado por la Federación de Cámaras de la Industria y el Comercio (Fedecámaras), la Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV) y la llamada "Coordinadora Democrática", que reúne un conjunto de organizaciones sociales [...]
Read more →The "Buy American" Aid Package by Conn Hallinan | December 10, 2002 The recent White House proposal to aid impoverished countries if they drop trade barriers and open their markets is likely to substantially accelerate the misery index in Latin America and Africa, the main targets of the $5 billion plan. Entitled the Challenge [...]
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