This in from the Care Organization:

1. Free Trade Area of the Americas-- NOT FAIR TRADE

In just a few weeks, US Trade Reps will consider a 

trade agreement that threatens the livelihoods of 

millions of people in every nation from Canada to Argentina! 

Global trade can be a powerful tool to reduce poverty, but 

only if the rules that govern trade are fair. 

The poorly crafted Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) -- 

created behind closed doors by large multinational companies 

without public input -- threatens to destroy the livelihoods of poor 

farmers, undermine environmental protections, strip local 

governments and communities of their power, and increase 

the price of life-saving medicines. 

Similar trade agreements in the past have often had a negative 

impact:

* Mexico's small farmers were crushed by a wave of American 

  subsidized corn. 

* Mexican government was forced to allow US companies to 

   process toxic waste in Mexican communities. 

* US being sued by a Canadian company because of California's 

   requirement for less polluting gasoline. 

You can help: http://www.care2.com/go/z/8629/1037

Speak out now against the proposed FTAA.