Evaluation:
Published: 14.11.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the America ', 1.
  • Essays 'Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Free Trade Area of the America ', 2.
Extract

In recent years, representatives from 34 countries have been working to expand the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is another example of the free-market fundamentalism that has created a global race-to-the-bottom that threatens the environment, families' livelihoods, human rights, and democracy. Once again, a sweeping "free trade" agreement is in the works that puts commercial interests above all other values.

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