Proposed agricultural trade rules at the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial would continue a failed policy approach that has damaged the livelihood of farmers in developed and developing countries, concluded a panel of experts from countries throughout the Americas.
With the global economy transporting natural resources like wood, food, and oil around the world like never before, it's not surprising that the newest commodity export is water.
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is a proposed trade agreement that would link all the states of the Western Hemisphere, except Cuba, by the year 2005.
