81. National Cotton Council Testimony On International Trade Policy Impact On U.S. C Any review of the impact of international trade policy on cotton must be Given the size and scope of a free trade agreement with south america, http://www.cotton.org/issues/2003/trade-testimony.cfm

var gMenuControlID=0; var menus_included = 0; var jsPageAuthorMode = 0; var jsSessionPreviewON = 1; var jsDlgLoader = '/issues/2003/loader.cfm'; var jsSiteID = 1; var jsSubSiteID = 271; var kurrentPageID = 15035; document.CS_StaticURL = "http://www.cotton.org/"; document.CS_DynamicURL = "http://www.cotton.org/"; Login FAQ Contact Home ... Issues National Cotton Council Testimony on International Trade Policy Impact on U.S. Cotton Before the House Agriculture Committee Print Version Bobby Greene, Chairman, National Cotton Council June 18, 2003 Washington, DC Mr. Chairman, thank you for having this hearing today. My name is Bobby Greene. I am a cotton ginner from Courtland, Alabama, and currently serve as the Chairman of the National Cotton Council of America. Introduction The National Cotton Council is the central organization of the United States cotton industry. Its members include producers, ginners, oilseed crushers, merchants, cooperatives, warehousemen, and textile manufacturers. While a majority of the industry is concentrated in 17 cotton producing states, stretching from the Carolinas to California, the downstream manufacturers of cotton apparel and homefurnishings are located in virtually every state. The industry and its suppliers, together with the cotton product manufacturers, account for one job of every thirteen in the U.S. Annual cotton production is valued at more than $5 billion at the farm gate. In addition to the fiber, cottonseed products are used for livestock feed, and cottonseed oil is used for food products ranging from margarine to salad dressing. While cotton's farm gate value is significant, a more meaningful measure of cotton's value to the U.S. economy is its retail value. Taken collectively, the business revenue generated by cotton and its products in the U.S. economy is estimated to be in excess of $120 billion annually. Cotton stands above all other crops in its creation of jobs and its contribution to the U.S. economy.

82. Sustainable Agriculture Resources - Other Regions food producers and processors, national food control agencies and theinternational food trade, it is adminstered Links in central south america http://www.une.edu.au/agronomy/agsystems/organic/links/other_regions.html

Sustainable Agriculture Resources - Africa, Middle East OWM Home Page OWM Research Project Sustainable Ag Resource Page Australia ... International International Links Top Agricultural Research Funding Guide - for websites offering training courses, scholarships and inviting project proposals related to internatioanl agriicultural research, compiled by FAO Cover Crops for Sustainable Agriculture - contains research on cover crops for sustainable agriculture developed or published by the Exploration of Cover Crops for Sustainable Agriculture, IDRC Ecological Agriculture1 and Ecological Agriculture2 - information about web sites and newsgroup around the world concerned with ecoloigcal and sustainable agriculture The first site is older and larger, but is archived so some links may be out-of-date. Managed by People in Action - United Nations agency various reports on organics and other useful information position paper on organic agriculture Codex Alimentarius or "food code", has become the seminal global reference point for consumers, food producers and processors, national food control agencies and the international food trade, it is adminstered by the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations

83. Women In International Trade Growth in Free trade Agreements Presents Opportunities for international traders She was Director for central america and the Caribbean at the Office of http://www.wiit.org/news/Fall2004/5_FeatureArticles_rev.htm

84. Why Trade Matters? international trade Canada Roney Silveira is Langen s sales manager forCentral and south america, based in Brazil. We see Brazil as the second Mexico http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/stories92-en.asp

Français Contact Us Help Search ... Department Success Stories Langen Packaging Inc. RADARSAT International Inc. Waterloo Hydrogeologic, Inc. See Previous Issues Why Trade Matters Trade and the Canadian Economy Canadian Companies Succeed in Another Emerging Market: Brazil Stories of the Week - March 30, 2004 Minister of State (New and Emerging Markets) Gar Knutson visited Brazil from March 21 to 27, 2004, to discuss ways to enhance trade and investment between Canada and Brazil. As part of his mandate to raise Canada's profile in expanding and dynamic markets, Mr. Knutson has visited the three countries comprising his portfolio: India, China and Brazil. Brazil is the giant of South America, with about half of the continent's land mass, population and GDP. Its economy is not only large, but diversified, and includes strong agricultural, industrial, energy, raw materials and services sectors. Brazil is also the most suitable production base for foreign companies to enter South American markets. Brazil has been Canada's largest trading partner in South America for many years. It is our 16th largest export market and our 15th largest trading partner. Approximately 800 Canadian companies are involved in this billion-dollar multi-sectoral export market. As with the other key emerging markets, Brazil's expanding middle class represents a growing consumer market for goods and services, and a source of partners for investments.

85. Ministry Of The Economy - International Trade Negotiations, Ministry Of The Econ and south america, make it an ideal hub for worldwide production and trade . 2000 – Mexico-Israel FTA Israel has concluded free trade agreements http://www.economia-snci.gob.mx/sic_php/ls23al.php?s=20&p=1&l=2

86. Trade Forum-Science & Technology Centers-Central America-g Area international trade (Focus on European Community) Caribbean and LatinAmerica Action - central American Business and trade Expansion http://www.sice.oas.org/geograph/central/usaid6.asp

What's New? Sitemap Calendar Trade Agreements ... português Search Workforce Development and Technological Knowledge in Central America (Continued) Section IV : Cases in a Brief and List of Organizations Cases in a Brief This section comprises a short description of ten additional workforce development and technological centers. Its presents and overview of each of these centers and a short discussion of their possible role in the hemispheric trade expansion. This section also includes a list of national, regional, and international organizations, associations, and networks working in different Central American countries on issues regarding human capacity development, education, and training and labor management relations. INTERCIENCIA Association (IA) INTERCIENCIA is a non-profit federation of associations for the advancement of science in 18 countries in Central, South and North America and the Caribbean. IA headquarters are in Caracas, Venezuela. Nine of their eighteen member associations come from the Central American and Caribbean region including countries such as Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. INTERCIENCIA's mission is to unite the scientific communities of the Americas and enable them to aid more effectively the scientific and technological development in their countries. This organization manages three networks in the fields of biotechnology, natural products development, and sustainable environment. They publish a bi-monthly trilingual (Spanish, English, and Portuguese) scientific journal which is covered in international and prestigious reference indexes such as Current Contents and Science Citation Index, Energy Information Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, etc.

87. The CIA: America's Premier International Terrorist Organization To smuggle drugs into the United States from south america, using Barry Seal s drug Cocaine Politics Drugs, Armies and the CIA in central america http://www.serendipity.li/cia.html

The CIA (Up and coming challenger for this title: Rumsfeld's Pentagon) Italian version (1998) The CIA's Drug-Trafficking Activities The CIA, Cocaine Smuggling at Mena and the Train Deaths Mind Control and the CIA's Use of LSD ... Links to Further Documents Concerning the CIA CIA operations follow the same recurring script. First, American business interests abroad are threatened by a popular or democratically elected leader. The people support their leader because he intends to conduct land reform, strengthen unions, redistribute wealth, nationalize foreign-owned industry, and regulate business to protect workers, consumers and the environment. So, on behalf of American business, and often with their help, the CIA mobilizes the opposition. First it identifies right-wing groups within the country (usually the military), and offers them a deal: "We'll put you in power if you maintain a favorable business climate for us." The Agency then hires, trains and works with them to overthrow the existing government (usually a democracy). It uses every trick in the book: propaganda, stuffed ballot boxes, purchased elections, extortion, blackmail, sexual intrigue, false stories about opponents in the local media, infiltration and disruption of opposing political parties, kidnapping, beating, torture, intimidation, economic sabotage, death squads and even assassination. These efforts culminate in a military coup, which installs a right-wing dictator. The CIA trains the dictator's security apparatus to crack down on the traditional enemies of big business, using interrogation, torture and murder. The victims are said to be "communists" [or these days "terrorists"] but almost always they are just peasants, liberals, moderates, labor union leaders, political opponents and advocates of free speech and democracy. Widespread human rights abuses follow.

88. Grocery Manufacturers Association | Public Policy | International Trade WTO Negotiations Free trade Agreements international trade and 12/18/03Central American trade Pact Promising, But Sugar Quotas Set Bad Precedent http://www.gmabrands.com/publicpolicy/trade.cfm

Member Login User Name: Password: Home public policy priority programs international trade September 19, 2005 Enter your search Priority Programs Grassroots [M] Events Committees/Working Groups Federal Legislation Resources/Publications [M] ... International Council of Grocery Manufacturers Associations (ICGMA) International Trade GMA is committed to reducing trade barriers and increasing market access for processed food products globally. Processed food and beverage trade is increasing twice as fast as trade in primary commodities, and accounts for 75 percent of global agrifood trade by 2002. Click below to read more about GMA's work on these issues. GMA Contact: Sarah Thorn Press Contact: Stephanie Childs Quick jump links: WTO Negotiations Free Trade Agreements International Trade and Processed Foods and Beverages WTO Negotiations Background papers Most recent testimony, comments, correspondence and press releases GMA Supports the New WTO Framework GMA's Goals for the WTO Negotiations (July, 2004) GMA's Priority Objectives for WTO Negotiations (July, 2004)

89. Stop The Central American Free Trade Agreement! The US trade Representative and the trade ministers of the five central NAFTA model of international trade to five new central American countries with http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=189

90. CNATCA.org - Central North American Trade Corridor Association Together we are strengthening North america s Backbone. The central North americanTrade Corridor extends from Alaska and the Port of Churchill in Canada http://tradecorridor.net/

The Future Runs Through Here Mission Organization Directors Trustees ... Media Center CNATCA is the conduit for corridor growth. We promote and develop Trade, Tourism, Training,Technology, and Transportation (5T's). The CNATCA is mobilizing the corridors' assets and resources to spark: Economic Growth Rural Revitalization Infrastructure Development Public/Private Investment International Trade The association is a non-profit organization made up of communities, tribes, business and industry, universities, non-government officials who are joining forces to leverage corridor resources, reverse out-migration, increase trade, enhance infrastructure, attract visitors and industry and revitalize the economy. Together we are strengthening North America's Backbone. The Central North American Trade Corridor extends from Alaska and the Port of Churchill in Canada through the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, then through North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma panhandle, and Texas in the USA and south to Mexico City. ( Click for map Home Sign Guestbook View Guestbook ... Contact Us

91. Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement - Wikipedia, The Free En (Redirected from central American Free trade Agreement) While an internationalagreement, DRCAFTA is not a treaty and so required majority votes in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_American_Free_Trade_Agreement

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (Redirected from Central American Free Trade Agreement Note: Within this article, "CAFTA" refers to the agreement as it stood before January 2004, and "DR-CAFTA" is used after that. President George W. Bush acknowledges the applause of legislators and administration officials Tuesday, August 2. 2005 in the East room of the White House, as he signs the CAFTA Implementation Act. The Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement , more commonly known as DR-CAFTA , is a free trade agreement (legally, not a treaty ) being negotiated as of June 2005 . As CAFTA, the agreement originally encompassed the United States and the Central American countries Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras , and Nicaragua . In 2004, the Dominican Republic joined the negotations, and agreement became known as DR-CAFTA. Bordering Central American nations not in the agreement include Belize and Panama on the mainland, Haiti which is on the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic , and Cuba . Panama is currently in negotiations with the U. S. on a bilateral Free Trade Agreement, and Belize is a member of the Caribbean Community (

92. U.S. Holds Trade Meetings With Central & South American Partners Text US Holds trade Meetings with central south American Partners. (US andMercosur pledge cooperation on global and regional trade) http://www.usembassy.it/file2001_09/alia/a1092514.htm

25 September 2001 (U.S. and Mercosur pledge cooperation on global and regional trade) U.S. trade officials held simultaneous meetings with their counterparts from Central and South American countries September 24 to advance their common goal of building stronger trade ties within the region and world-wide. In Washington, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick met with the four ministers responsible for trade from Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. In Managua, Nicaragua, a delegation led by Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Regina Vargo held consultations with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua which have as a group expressed interest in free trade with the United States. "I am pleased that so soon after September 11 we could stand united with two groups of Latin American nations to advance our shared commitment to openness through increased trade liberalization," Zoellick said in a September 24 news release. The ministers' meeting in Washington was called following the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement with Argentina, and was held pursuant to the 1991 "Four-Plus-One" Rose Garden Agreement between the United States and the Mercosur countries. The ministers pledged to cooperate to help launch a new round of global trade talks this November and for continued progress on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).

93. Cyber Picket Line: International Trade Union Organisations CCT Confederacion Centroamericana de Trabajadores central American Global UnionFederations (formerly called international trade Secretariats) http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/union/inter.htm

Home Africa Asia Australia/Oceania ... Add a Link International Trade Union Organisations ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions The largest international centre. ICFTU African Regional Organisation ICFTU Asian and Pacific Regional Organisation ICFTU Inter Americas region in Spanish CMT-WCL World Confederation of Labour One of the 3 big international centres. The WCL was formerly seen as dominated by Christian labour federations (the site is in English, French and Spanish). CCT Confederacion Centroamericana de Trabajadores Central American organisation of the WCL ODSTA L’Organisation Démocratique Syndicale des travailleurs Africains (en francais). African regional organisation of the CMT/WCL. Eurofedop European Federation of Employees in Public Services. Part of the International Federation of Employees in Public Services (INFEDOP), an International Trade Federation of the WCL. CLAT Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions. Formerly the Eastern bloc's trade union arm. Post Cold War, the federation draws most of its strength from unions in the developing countries. Federación Sindical Mundial Global Unions A joint news and campaigns site from the ICFTU, the ITSs and TUAC

94. Trade Glossary : Learn About : Trade Matters : AFSC Building on momentum from recently completed central American Free trade USSACU FTA The United States-south Africa Customs Union free trade area http://www.afsc.org/trade-matters/learn-about/glossary.htm

Trade Matters Trade Matters Home Learn About Trade Key Issues Trade Agreements ... economic justice resources and programs. Home Issues Trade Matters Glossary of International Trade Terms AFTA (otherwise known as the Andean-FTA) The Andean Free Trade Agreement is being negotiated between the United States, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (with the possibility of including Bolivia at a later time). The talks were launched in May of 2004 with plans to be completed by February 2005-a very aggressive and short timeline. Building on momentum from recently completed Central American Free Trade Agreement talks, AFTA will most likely be very similar. Bilateral Trade Agreement: A trade agreement between a small group of countries - this term should indicate a trade agreement between just two countries, but it gets loosely used in trade agreements with five or more countries. CAFTA: The Central American Free Trade Agreement (otherwise known as DR-CAFTA ) is a pending agreement that has been negotiated between the United States, five Central American countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) and possibly the Dominican Republic. In order for countries to official join the trade agreement, CAFTA will need to be ratified in each country's legislature. Like the

95. Global Exchange : Top Ten Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the central American Free trade Agreement the failedNAFTA model of international trade to five additional central American http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/cafta/topten_cafta.html

CAFTA Introduction CAFTA Background Updates ... CAFTA Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement Also available as a pre-formatted flier 10 Razones Para Oponerse CAFTA Negotiated by the governments of the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and El Salvador, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) would impose the failed policies of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) throughout Central America and the Caribbean. The agreement would undermine workers' rights, drive countless family farmers off the land and ultimately lay the groundwork for the expansion of NAFTA throughout the hemisphere. 1. CAFTA Expands a Proven Disaster CAFTA would expand the failed NAFTA model of international trade to five additional Central American countries with plans to include the Dominican Republic already under way. But 10 years of NAFTA have shown just how devastating these agreements can be for working families and the environment. In the United States, over 766,000 jobs have been lost due to NAFTA. In the maquiladora zones along the US-Mexico border, wages are low, union organizing is suppressed, and industrial pollution has dramatically increased cases of hepatitis and birth defects among workers. NAFTA should be repealed, not expanded. 2. CAFTA Contains No Protection for Workers and the Environment

96. Journal Gazette | 08/07/2005 | Trade Pact Helping Hoosiers It fears that like NAFTA, the central American trade agreement will allow American Karen B. Toliver, senior director for international trade at http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/12324919.htm

var rm = false; var krd_site = "fortwayne"; var krd_site_display_name = "FortWayne.com"; var krd_publication = "journalgazette"; var krd_topix_property = "5015"; Subscriber Services Complete Forecast Search Recent News Archives Web for Sign me up! Going on vacation? Contact Us News ... Weather Newspaper services Place an Ad Subscribe Newspaper ads Jobs ... Dating QUICK LINKS Tracy Warner Blog The Board Off The Shelf Free 30 Day Archive ... Back to Home Monday, Sep 19, 2005 email this print this Posted on Sun, Aug. 07, 2005 Cathie Rowand/The Journal Gazette Janelle Sou Roberts/The Journal Gazette Roger Hadley II, soybean and corn farmer, rejoiced at the passing of CAFTA-DR. Trade pact helping Hoosiers Local farmers could experience heightened demand By Arundhati Parmar The Journal Gazette The Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA-DR will make American products more competitive in the six countries part of the agreement through the immediate or gradual elimination of tariffs. However, compared with the North American Free Trade Agreement its Central American counterpart is expected to have less of an effect. The six nations that make up CAFTA-DR are Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. It will go into effect only after the six nations ratify the agreement. Organized labor opposed the trade agreement. It fears that like NAFTA, the Central American trade agreement will allow American businesses access to low-cost labor, which would lead to migration of jobs overseas, said one labor studies professor.

97. The Caribbean Community And Common Market (from International international trade. Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Established by the General Treaty on central American Economic Integration http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=61751

98. Extension Agricultural Economics Passage of central American Free trade Agreement Bogs Down in Congress international trade agreements are often misunderstood by some. http://agecoext.tamu.edu/resources/publications/ag_news/2005/may/05-04-05.php

Home About Us Resources Programs ... Click here for the Acrobat version of this publication. AG-ECO NEWS Vol. 21, Issue 15, May 4, 2005 Extension Economist-Management Passage of Central American Free Trade Agreement Bogs Down in Congress Year-long negotiations on the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) concluded last summer and the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee began hearings in mid-April to review the proposed agreement. It appears that the agreement is short of the majority needed to pass Congress. U.S. sugar producers, organized labor, and some other interest groups are lobbying heavily against this agreement. The CAFTA originally encompassed the United States and the Central American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The Dominican Republic joined the negotiations in March 2004 and now CAFTA is often referred to as CAFTA-DR. With the addition of the Dominican Republic, the region covered by CAFTA-DR is the US's second-largest Latin American export market, behind only Mexico, buying $15 billion of goods a year. Two-way trade currently amounts to about $32 billion.

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