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Salvadorans resist trade reforms
18-Sep-2006 The Bridge
The Salvadoran Market Vendors Movement held peaceful protests yesterday morning to denounce police confiscation and repression. The work of market vendors were criminalized last December when the right wing in the Legislative Assembly pushed through dozens of reforms to bring El Salvador into compliance with the US-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).
FTA paves way for biopiracy
15-Sep-2006 Latin America Press
Under CAFTA, indigenous heritage becomes intellectual property for the United States.
Organizations release monitoring report assessing impact of CAFTA ’free’ trade agreement
13-Sep-2006
Members of Congress, solidarity organizations, leaders of the DC-area Salvadoran community, and student and faith-based groups held a press conference to announce the release of a report monitoring the effects of the US-Dominican Republic Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
Monitoring report: DR-CAFTA in Year One
13-Sep-2006 Stop CAFTA Coalition
Over the past four months members of the CAFTA Monitoring Working Group have coordinated the drafting of this report with friends and allies in Central America. While it is far too early to detail long-term trends in labor, textiles, agricultural practice and policy, investment patterns, services, and environmental consequences of CAFTA, in this report we have looked primarily at the process of implementing CAFTA since January 1, 2006 and some early trends and concerns that have emerged, many of which we will continue to monitor.
Official warns DR-CAFTA could displace thousands of local dairy farmers
9-Sep-2006
Approximately 58,000 small and medium-size milk cattle owners of 10 or less milk cows would be displaced from the Dominican market as the DR-CAFTA trade accord is implemented with Central America and the United States, according to Agriculture Planning deputy minister.
Free Trade would be launched in January to avoid jeopardizing agro
8-Sep-2006
The Dominican government will inform United States authorities as to how it prefers to handle export guidelines that are expected to enter the country en masse, should the DR-CAFTA be implemented before year’s end.
Dominicans contract Colombian scientist for DR-CAFTA training
6-Sep-2006
A Colombian scientist in forensics and populations is in the country to undertake an ample training program in advanced molecular biology techniques with a view to creating human resources capable of genetically categorizing the various agriculture crops destined for export in light of the DR-CAFTA trade accord soon to be implemented.
Implementing Free Trade before 2007 forces hefty agriculture imports
6-Sep-2006
The possible implementation of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States before the year ends will compel the Dominican Republic to authorize hefty import quotas of products in the agribusiness sector, and which could cause an exceeding supply that may jeopardize local producers.
Express fear on doorstep of Free Trade
31-Aug-2006
The Newscasters and Radio and TV Producers guild considered that the Free Trade Agreement signed by the country with Central America and the United States will jeopardize the sector and will affect the population’s possibility to receiving reliable information.
Companies eye pull-outs if CAFTA flounders
28-Aug-2006
Weary of the snail’s pace ratification process of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which continues to dominate Costa Rica’s political and social agenda, some companies are weighing the idea of moving to other Central American countries should Congress reject the treaty.
Dominican Free Trade delegation is off to Washington
10-Aug-2006
A Dominican delegation of Government officials left for Washington yesterday, to give the finishing touches to the proceedings so that the country enters the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Central America.
Massa rips free trade deals
9-Aug-2006
Congressional hopeful Eric Massa of Corning said Tuesday his opposition to "burn-down-the-barn free trade agreements" is the biggest difference between him and his opponent this fall, U.S. Rep. John R. Kuhl Jr., R-Hammondsport.
Costa Rica: Es obligatorio consultar el TLC a pueblos indígenas
7-Aug-2006 Servindi
“El texto del proyecto de ley que se tramita bajo el expediente No. 16.047, ‘Tratado de Libre Comercio República Dominicana - Centroamérica - Estados Unidos’ (TLC), en virtud de contener disposiciones normativas que pueden afectar directamente a los pueblos indígenas, debe ser consultado a esas comunidades (...)”. Con este párrafo concluye un informe en el cual el Departamento de Servicios Técnicos de la Asamblea Legislativa se pronuncia sobre la obligatoriedad de consultar a las comunidades indígenas del país sobre el polémico tratado comercial.
CAFTA bait-and-switch destroys Georgia community
7-Aug-2006 Huffington Post
Remember during the debate over the Central American Free Trade Agreement, every Republican politician and corporate lobbyist was giving the public the "free trade creates American jobs" line? It’s a line that America has become used to hearing from Washington, D.C. — even though, as both Hostile Takeover and Take This Job and Ship It show, this mantra has no relation to reality.
Guatemala to sue US for dumping
7-Aug-2006 Prensa Latina
After a month and five days of implementing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United States, Guatemala is suffering from this pact’s asymmetries and is suing the northern country for unfair competition.
Costa Rican Greens slam US-FTA
2-Aug-2006 Prensa Latina
Some 60 Costa Rican ecologist organizations protested Monday against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Central America and the United States, due to its risk for the environment.
Anti-FTA bodies join forces against US deals
1-Aug-2006 Bangkok Post
Thailand’s anti-FTA movements have formed an alliance with counterparts in other countries including South Korea, Costa Rica and Colombia against US efforts to strike bilateral trade agreements across the globe.
Expert: Keep Delaying CAFTA for DR
31-Jul-2006
Fernando Alvarez Bogaert, former Finances minister, said Friday that the validity of the Central American-Dominican Republic-US Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), put off for this month, could wreck national production if enacted.
Coalition mourns one year of CAFTA, calls for trade with justice
30-Jul-2006 Stop CAFTA Coalition
One year after the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) narrowly passed in the US House of Representatives, the agreement has failed to live up to its supporters’ claims.
No more CAFTAs!
22-Jul-2006 Znet
The process of negotiating, ratifying, and implementing so-called "free" trade agreements like CAFTA is out of control, and the time has come to say "enough is enough!"