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  1. Council of Canadians
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Promoting economic justicem safeguarding social programs, renewing democratization, asserting Canadian sovereignty, advancing alternatives to corporate-style free trade, and preserving the environment.
  2. GATS: How the World Trade Organization's new "services" negotiations threaten democracy
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2000
    Examines closed-door negotiations to expand the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which have the goal of commercialize every service sector in every WTO country, including essential services such as health care, education, and drinking water.
  3. International Forum on Globalization
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    An alliance of activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization.
  4. The On Guard for Thee
    An Independent Review of the Free Trade Agreement
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
  5. Safety Last
    The Failure of the Consumer Health Protection System in Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1993
    Regush investigates how new medical devices and drugs are tested. He argues that the health protection bureaucracy is doing shoddy work, caving in to pressure from pharmaceutical corporations instead of acting to safeguard the health of Canadians.
  6. The World Trade Organization
    A Citizen's Guide
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1999

Experts on Trade Agreements in the Sources Directory

  1. Appleton & Associates International Lawyers
  2. The North-South Institute
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