A Spectacular Success? A Spectacular Success?
On the tenth anniversary of the NAFTA accord, mainstream media accounts have voiced muted disappointment with its relatively meager effects.
Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Fiasco in Miami Fiasco in Miami
It was as though US and Brazilian trade negotiators feared that if they spent one more minute in Miami, the fragile image of harmony they have struggled to project would shatter...
Nov 26, 2003 / Sarah Anderson
Trade Ministers Get Out of Dodge Trade Ministers Get Out of Dodge
The final FTAA declaration essentially lays out a road map for a free-trade non-agreement.
Nov 21, 2003 / Feature / Sarah Anderson
Face-Saving and Bridge-Building in Miami Face-Saving and Bridge-Building in Miami
Media reports out of the Miami trade talks this week will no doubt feature images of our carrot-topped lead negotiator, Robert Zoellick, locked in toothy handshakes with Latin ...
Nov 20, 2003 / Feature / Sarah Anderson
Beyond Globophobia Beyond Globophobia
Instead of blaming globalization for our economic ills, why not take it over?
Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Lula Raises the Stakes Lula Raises the Stakes
He's challenging US-style globalization.
Nov 13, 2003 / Feature / William Greider and Kenneth Rapoza
From Seattle to Miami From Seattle to Miami
Click here for more information on the Institute for Policy Studies. Click here to read Manuel Pastor and Tony LoPresti's report on the anti-FTAA organizing campaign in Miami.
Nov 13, 2003 / Sarah Anderson and John Cavanagh
Trading Barbs on Trade Trading Barbs on Trade
When Paul Wellstone opted out of the 2000 presidential race, he fretted that trade policy would not be debated in the Democratic primaries and that the party would run a Novemb...
Oct 2, 2003 / John Nichols
A New Start in Cancún A New Start in Cancún
The collapse of the WTO talks in Cancún is in fact a profoundly hopeful turn of events. The developing nations have found their voice--and power.
Sep 18, 2003 / The Editors