By Doug Palmer May 10, 2001
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Thursday sketched out its ideas for ending a seven-year stalemate in Congress over new trade negotiating authority, but failed to win over labor and environmental groups.
by Mike Meyers April 21, 2001 Minneapolis Star and Tribune
(Note: Kristin Dawkins is the director of IATP's Global Governance Program.)
Kristin Dawkins, a Minneapolis trade activist, spent part of Friday ducking tear gas outside the Quebec summit.
Brussels -- As part of its new global campaign to eliminate child labour, launched early this month, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and International Trade Secretariats (ITS) have pledged to pursue activities and urge multinational enterprises (MNE) to assume responsibility to stop child labour.
By Reginald Dale International Herald Tribune March 16, 2001 Movement Brings Together Strange Bedfellows From Right and Left WASHINGTON Mike Moore, the genial director general of the World Trade Organization, likes to claim at least one world record: When he visited India recently, he says, he was burned in effigy in 30 different cities simultaneously.
USA Today / By James P. Hoffa
Despite strong opposition from millions of working families, Congress turned a deaf ear and passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1993. The job losses since have been staggering. Our blue-collar base is shriveling as more than 800,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost since '94.
National Journal's CongressDaily / February 16, 2001 / by Keith Koffler
Drawing a line in the sand on an issue that has vexed them for years, several top business officials said in interviews this week that they will not agree to make sanctions enforcing labor and environmental standards part of trade deals or legislation granting the president fast track trade negotiating authority.
STOCKHOLM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sweden said on Wednesday it would use its European Union presidency to promote a broad world trade liberalisation agenda including environmental issues and workers' rights.
