Business Week | By Paul Magnusson in Washington, Frederik Balfour in Phnom Penh, and Michael Shari in Jakarta | December 15, 2003
Thirty million jobs could disappear with the end of apparel quotas
The Miami Herald | By ALEJANDRO LANDES | November 20, 2003
The Brazilian press wasn't amused by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick's comments Tuesday when he announced a U.S. plan to begin trade negotiations with Andean countries.
Associated Press | By TRACI CARL | November 19, 2003 : 534 words
Trade negotiators worked on a draft for the world's largest free trade region, with Canada, Mexico, Chile and several Caribbean nations advocating a compromise agreement that attempts to skirt the thorny issue of agriculture.
Agence France Presse | By SOPHIE LAUTIER | November 11, 2003
Tens of thousands of anti-globalization activists are expected in the Paris area from Wednesday for the second European Social Forum, a four-day gathering aimed at pushing an alternate vision for Europe's future.
Miami Herald | By JOHN DORSCHNER | November 9, 2003
MIAMI - Access to prescription drugs may be one of the hottest and most contested topics in the free-trade conference coming up in Miami later this month.
Palm Beach Post | By Alex Clifton | November 4, 2003
Buried in a bill that provides money for the war in Iraq is an $8.5 million federal boost for Miami to host the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference later this month.
Passed in the House last week and the Senate Monday, the FTAA money is a single line within the massive Iraq bill.
The Toronto Star | By Carol Goar | November 3, 2003
Roy Romanow's health-care blueprint is about to be put to its second big test.
It still hasn't passed Test #1.
Drug Week | October 31, 2003
Inside a laboratory in Brazil's coffee-growing region, scientists painstakingly replicate brand name drugs and oversee mass production of cheap copies to treat ailments ranging from Parkinson disease to AIDS.
