Less than a year after the signing of the 2001 Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health in Doha, Qatar, parties to the proposed thirty-four-country Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) ...

In the world of trade negotiators who spend their days discussing tariffs, subsidies and current accounts, environmental issues rarely play a major role. And when they come up, they’re often treated ...

A showdown over free trade loomed as leaders from across the Americas headed to Argentina on Thursday in another attempt to end Latin America's chronic poverty, with Washington promoting liberalized ...

The arrival of the FTAA ministerial meetings brings not only a rush of official representatives, but a rush of activists, radicals, and protesters from all corners of the country as well as all around ...

A friend of mine was murdered yesterday. She was in Haiti, working in an orphanage for 18 months. She went to the bank to withdraw some money but forgot her passport, so she stepped outside and headed ...

"We don't want to be an American colony!" shouted demonstrators who staged massive protests in Quito, Ecuador, on Oct. 31, as the region's trade ministers held their seventh meeting on the Free Trade ...

In February, the Utah Senate and House each passed resolutions urging Congress to oppose the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The FTAA is intended to eliminate trade and investment barriers on ...

WASHINGTON — The chief U.S. negotiator for the Free Trade Area of the Americas said Friday that Brazil has isolated itself by remaining entrenched in its position on limiting the scope of the talks ...

THIRTY-FOUR countries with 800 million people--all under Uncle Sam's thumb. That's the essence of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), Washington's bid to extend the terms of the North ...