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Free Trade Area of the Americas: Worldview's Coverage of the Summit of the Americas

As leaders from throughout the Americas gathered to negotiate a free trade pact between their nations, Worldview provided a range of perspectives regarding the proposed agreement.

From April 20 to 22, President Bush joined officials from 33 other North and South American countries at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec. The establishment of a free-trade zone between these countries was high on the meeting's agenda. This free trade zone would, in effect, expand the North American Free Trade Agreement to include all nations in South and Central America with the exception of Cuba.

Listen to Worldview's Coverage
Audio On-Demand of Worldview's April 17 to April 20, 2001 broadcasts are available along with extended interviews. These programs provide an opportunity to better understand full impact of expanding free trade. Outside links are also available, including links to organizations mentioned during the broadcasts.

  Mexican and Brazilian Opinions on the FTAA
  April 20, 2001  
Audio Workers' Perspectives
Elvia R. Arriola -- Fellow at the DePaul Humanities Center, translator
Margarita Ramirez and Juanita Lopez -- Maquila workers who volunteer with the CFO to help other workers understand their rights
Audio Business Perspective
Miguel Leaman -- Trade commissioner at The Trade Commission of Mexico
Audio The FTAA Viewed from Brazil
Jordan Young -- Professor of Brazilian history and director of Brazil Institute, Pace University
   
  Critique of Labor Rights under NAFTA
  April 19, 2001  
Audio Lance Kampa -- Senior lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, author of the Human Rights Watch report "Unfair Advantage: Workers' Freedom of Association in the United States Under International Human Rights Standards"
Audio Mixed Views on the Role of Labor Standards in Trade Agreements
 

Labor standards belong in ILO not trade agreements:
Ambassador Carla Hills -- US Trade Representative under the previous Bush administration from 1989 to 93
 

Jordan treaty step in right direction; ILO has no teeth:
Lori Wallach -- Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
 

Moral suasion can work, trade itself is not labor's enemy:
Jagdish Bhagwati -- Professor of economics at Columbia University, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations
  Bonus! You can also listen to the entire, un-edited interview with Jagdish Bhagwati Audio
 

Moral suasion doesn't work, fair trade means labor standards:
Leo Gerard -- International president of the United Steelworkers of America
  Bonus! You can also listen to the entire, un-edited interview with Leo Gerard Audio
 
  Perspectives on the Free Trade Area of the Americas
April 18, 2001  
Audio Doug Cassel -- Executive director of the Center for International
Human Rights at Northwestern University School of Law
Audio Lori Wallach -- Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
Audio Ambassador Carla Hills -- US Trade Representative under the previous Bush administration from 1989 to 93; currently the chairwoman and chief executive officer of Hills and Company, International Consultants
 
  A Historical Look at Globalization in the Americas
April 17, 2001  
Audio John Coatsworth -- Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Harvard University

Outside Links:
Summit of the Americas
Americascanada.org is a Canadian government website with additional information on the summit, including the final declaration from the summit
Public Citizen Global Trade Watch
Office of the United States Trade Representative
The Trade Commission of Mexico


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