See also:

• Society: Government: Multilateral: Regional: Free Trade Area of the Americas  (6)
• Society: Government: Multilateral: Regional: Organization of American States  (9)

Alternative for the Americas - - Catalyzed by the Summit of the Americas in Santiago Chile in April of 1998. A working document concerning FTAA designed to stimulate further debate and education on an alternative vision, based on the interests of all the people in the western hemisphere.

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS): Summit of the Americas - - Publications, analysis and suggestions to the meetings attempting to integrate markets in the western hemisphere.

Committee of Government Representatives on the Participation of Civil Society - - Releases by the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, explaining the committees role in civil society participation, with list of executive summaries submitted to the FTAA.

A Consumer Perspective Regarding Intellectual Property - - James Packard Love, from the Center for Study of Responsive Law, discusses FTAA and intellectual property rules, a paper presented at Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Global Exchange: Free Trade Area of the Americas - - Frequently asked questions, top ten reasons to oppose FTAA, alternatives, updates, and how to get involved.

Green Paper 3: Freedoms That Are Abolished (FTAA) - - A detailed look at what the trade agreement will be like, and what it threatens in the western hemisphere, written by the Action for Community and Ecology in the Regions of Central America.

People's Consultation - - U.S. component of a hemisphere-wide campaign against the Free Trade Area of the Americas. The campaign includes workshops, public hearings, resolutions, and a national survey.

Foreign Policy in Focus: Free Trade Area of the Americas - - Karen Hansen-Kuhn looks at the problems and gives recommendations on the trade agreement. (December, 1996)