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THE ECONOMY.(A)
Free Trade Area opponents meet
Delegates at the anti-free trade conference, held in Havana, said nations planning to join a proposed Free Trade Area for the Americas should hold referendums. President Bush hopes to establish an FTAA by '05. Cuba's Fidel Castro said FTAA is a bid by the U.S. to economically "annex" Latin American countries.
** M2 money climbed $30.8 bil to $5.829 tril in the week ended Nov. 18. M1 rose $4.6 bil to $1.1973 tril, and M3 jumped $95.7 bil to $8.5123.
Canadian Q3 GDP growth slows
Canada, which had outperformed the rest of the G-7 in recent quarters, said GDP growth slowed to an annual rate of 3.1% from Q2's 4.4%. The U.S. grew at a 4% pace in Q3. Economists said the data will likely encourage the Bank of Canada to leave interest rates alone Tuesday.
Production down, joblessness up
Japan's industrial output slid 0.3% in Oct. and will likely fall another 0.1% in Nov., the government said. Also, Japan's jobless rate edged up to 5.5% in Oct., matching last Dec.'s record. Economists expect unemployment to keep ...
- Increasing the Benefits of Free Trade.(Free Trade Area of the Americas)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal Hill, Martin June 11, 2001 700+ words
...The president pointed out the free trade agreement propelled trade between...We agree with President Fox that free trade among the Americas holds great...smaller companies by the hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas, hammered out...
- Focus on the FTAA highlights anxieties over free trade.(Free Trade Area of the...
- Magazine article from: America's Insider April 19, 2001 700+ words
...an agreement to establish the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was one...fierce opposition to a possible free trade deal with the United States...taxes before it can compete in a free trade environment. But, cutting taxes...
- GOP defection threatens Bush plans for Latam free trade.(Free Trade Area of the...
- Newspaper article from: Latin American Power Watch June 1, 2001 700+ words
...blow to the Bush administrations' free trade plans for Latin America. The shift...needed to negotiate the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Presidential...FTAA. Bush has repeatedly said free trade in the Americas is his administration...
- Protesters Take On Free Trade.(Free Trade Area of the Americas summit in...
- Magazine article from: The Progressive June 1, 2001 700+ words
From April 20 to 22, demonstrators across the United States and Mexico protested the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Summit meeting held in Quebec City. Above, left, a group burned an American flag on the Mexican side...
- South American Free Trade or Free Trade Area of the Americas? Open Regionalism...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Latin American Studies Page, Sheila May 1, 2002 700+ words
...S0022216X02456441 Mario Esteban Carranza, South American Free Trade or Free Trade Area of the Americas? Open Regionalism and the Future...Carranza's purpose is to advocate a South American Free Trade Area (SAFTA) as the only effective way to ensure a...
- NAFTA Chapter eleven and the implications for the FTAA: the...
- Magazine article from: Transnational Corporations Gal-Or, Noemi August 1, 2005 700+ words
...intergovernmental bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements. If the Free Trade Area of the Americas, which is modelled on these...FTAs is unmistakable. The negotiations of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) (4) (that may result...
- What if the FTAA fails? The future of free trade in Latin America.(Free Trade...
- Magazine article from: Tendencias Price, John June 10, 2004 700+ words
...of a comprehensive hemispheric Free Trade Area (FTAA) will not likely be achieved...naive optimism associated with Free Trade in the Americas in the 90's has been replaced by pragmatism where free trade agreements are downsized to a...
- Once again, deck being stacked against the poor.(Free Trade Area of the...
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter May 24, 2002 700+ words
...Trade Agreement and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas are so fatally...may well turn to anger. The Free Trade Area of the Americas is already of...family, the struggle over the Free Trade Area of the Americas will be one of...
- Specifics mute cheering for wider free-trade area. (Free Trade Area of the...
- Magazine article from: WWD Ostroff, Jim December 13, 1994 700+ words
...start talks to create by 2005 the Free Trade Area of the Americas (which negotiators...to create the world's largest free-trade area - stretching from Alaska to Argentina...admission to the North American Free Trade Agreement Textile, apparel...
- KAOHSIUNG HARBOR TO BE EXPANDED INTO A FREE TRADE AREA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News March 10, 2003 700+ words
...The Kaohsiung Harbor would be expanded into a free trade area in the near future, a spokesman said Sunday...to map out a plan to expand the harbor into a free trade area. The free trade area will consist of a modern international airport...
