BIG BUSINESS (global Trade)

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Global trade organizations and agreements:

• WTO (The World Trade Organization)

• GATT (The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)

• Office of NAFTA and Inter-American Affairs

• IMF (International Monetary Fund)

• The World Bank

• CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement)

• FTAA (The Free Trade Area of the Americas)
  

Analysis and discussions of such organizations and agreements:

• Anti-WTO, Anti-NAFTA discussion.

• The Alliance for Democracy "Setting forth to end the domination by large corporations."

• Center for International Business Studies.

• Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management Database.

• Community in Solidarity with the People pf El Salvador.

• Corpwatch "Holding Corporations Accountable."

• Fifty Years is Enough "Network for global economic justice."

• Focus on the Global South Focus on international trade and the effects on nations of the south.

• Global Trade Watch "Promote government and corporate accountability in the globalization and trade arena."

• G8 Information Center maintained by the University of Toronto

• Global Exchange Talks about alternatives to global economy, corporate accountability, and different campaigns working towards fair trade.

• Institute for Public Accuracy A short history of WTO actions.

• Institute for Policy Studies A think tank "striving to create a more responsible society."

• International Action Center "Information, activism, and resistance to U.S. militarism, war, and corporate greed."

• International Development Exchange "Promotes economic justice for low income communities in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the USA."

• International Forum on Globalization "An alliance of  activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization."

• International Institute for Sustainable Development: a good source of info about global trade organizations.

• International Society for Ecology & Culture "Concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity." Focusing on resurrecting local food systems that have deteriorated as a result of global food trade. 

• Jubilee Research (Successor of Jubilee 2000) A "debt cancellation campaign, and in particular  providing up-to-date, accurate research, analyses, news and data on international debt and finance."

• People Centered Development Forum Trying to minimize the inequalities of wealth on a global level.

• People's Global Action

• The Polaris Institute "Retooling citizen movements for democratic social change in an age of corporate-driven globalization."

• Project Underground "Supporting the human rights of communities resisting mining and oil exploitation."

• Stop CAFTA Movement.

• Stop FTAA Movement.

• Third World Network A range if topics are discussed, including trade issues, global financial and economic crisis, the role of the WTO, trade developments, etc.

• Tobin Tax Initiative A tax on international trade that could "meet urgent global priorities, such as preventing global warming, disease, and poverty."

• WTO Watch Trade Observatory.

• Many good analytical articles on the WTO meeting in Cancun.

• ZNet offers this Global Economics Crisis site as a source for understanding global economics and trade issues and particularly in preparation for ongoing demonstrations about economic justice."