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| TRADE: Central American Deal a Dud, Activists Say - Activists from labor, development, human rights, and farm groups are calling on the United States and five Central American countries not to rush a trade agreement [Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)] that they say is undemocratic and would drive farmers and other vulnerable groups deeper into poverty. (Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service, 10 Apr. 2003) |
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2003:
TRADE: Central American Deal a Dud, Activists Say - Activists from labor, development, human rights, and farm groups are calling on the United States and five Central American countries not to rush a trade agreement [Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)] that they say is undemocratic and would drive farmers and other vulnerable groups deeper into poverty. (Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service, 10 Apr. 2003)
Central America Deal Must Boost Labour Rights - Report - A proposed trade agreement [CAFTA] between the United States and five Central American nations could further worsen labour and environmental conditions in the region if Washington does not use its clout to press for greater workers' rights there, says a leading U.S. think tank [Carnegie Endowment for International Peace] (Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service, 19 Feb. 2003)
- {···español} América Central y los EE.UU. enfrentan un desafío - y la oportunidad de un gran adelanto - en los derechos de los trabajadores (Sandra Polaski, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, febrero 2003)
- {···español} Oportunidades y problemas de la protección avanzada del medio ambiente en las negociaciones sobre el libre comercio entre EE.UU. y América Central (John Audley, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, febrero 2003)
2002:
Before Central American Free Trade Agreement Can Move Forward Country by Country Assessment of Workers Rights Needed - LCHR “Particularly Concerned” About Serious Abuses in Guatemala - The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights urged U.S. officials to ensure that basic workers rights protection were included in a soon-to-be-negotiated Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) at a hearing today in the office of the U.S. Trade Representative. (Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 19 Nov. 2002)