Background on Fair Trade

The alphabet soup of WTO's, NAFTA'S, CAFTA'S AND FTAA'S can make a person dizzy.  Thats why we've put all the links together -- in one spot -- for your use. 

Background on CAFTA

• What is CAFTA?
• CAFTA Analysis
• CAFTA Fact Sheets
• ¿Que es el TLC EEUU- Centroamerica (CAFTA)?
• The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
• (2/12/04) Citizens Trade Campaign CAFTA Fact Sheet [26 KB]
• (12/11/03) CISPES CAFTA Fact Sheet [118 KB]

FTAA for Beginners, United for a Fair Economy

• Trainer's Guide
• Presentation Charts
• Participant Handout Guide

FTAA Fact Sheets

• What is the FTAA?
• Trading Away Our Environment: The Free trade Area of the Americas, Friends of the Earth
• Trading Away Our Environment: The Free trade Area of the Americas, No to “Free Trade”/Free Market Plans, Latin America Solidarity Conference and Action for Social and Ecological Justice
• Free Trade Area of the Americas Ministerial in Miami: AFL-CIO Action Plan to Oppose the FTAA - Read Complete Article
• Overview: English Version or En Español

FTAA Resources

• FTAA Jeopardy Game
• Fast Track Fight
• Legislative Priorities Fast Track Votes
• FTAA News Story[28K]
• FTAA Facts
• FTAA Slideshow -- View: English | Spanish
• Download PowerPoint: English[137K] | Spanish[122K]

WTO Background

• More about the World Trade Organization from Global Exchange.
• Principles of unity on trade and investment.
• Union Action on a Global Scale from America@work.
• Report: Rigged Rules and Double Standards 

More on Trade Agreements

• Fast Track/Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), I and II
• Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for China

Bilateral Trade Agreements

• U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement
• U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
• U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement

Background from AFL-CIO

WTO Ignores Workers' Rights

Fact Sheet on the Bush Administration Proposals to World Trade Organization’s Fifth Ministerial Meeting in Cancún, Mexico

Bush Administration Offers Words, Not Action, on China Trade

Stop FTAA Photo Highlights

Stopping CAFTA: The Next Trade Battle to Protect Workers’ Rights

Labor Movement Declaration Concerning the United States-Central America Free Trade Agreement, San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 18, 2002

Chile/Singapore Model Won’t Fix Central America’s Deeply Flawed Labor Laws

Chile/Singapore Model Won’t Remedy Enforcement Failures in Central America

New Rules for the Global Economy

Women in the Global Economy

Children in the Global Economy

Poverty and Development

Where We Stand

Workers' Rights in the Global Economy

Principles of Unity on Trade & Investment

What is the WTO?

Global Fairness Reading List

What the Global Economy Means to Working Families

Stop FTAA—It’s the Wrong Choice

The Cost of Unfair Trade

World Bank & IMF Fact Sheet

AFL-CIO Petition on China’s Denial of Workers’ Rights

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