Dictionary definition: free trade

Article: Increasing the Benefits of Free Trade.(Free ...
San Diego Business Journal;  June 11, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... The president pointed out the free trade agreement propelled trade between ... We agree with President Fox that free trade among the Americas holds great ... smaller companies by the hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas, hammered out ...

Article: Focus on the FTAA highlights anxieties over free ...
America's Insider;  April 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... an agreement to establish the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was one ... fierce opposition to a possible free trade deal with the United States ... taxes before it can compete in a free trade environment. But, cutting taxes ...

Article: Maybe, but how: Pan-American free trade. ...
The Economist (US);  December 17, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Castro--agreed to set up a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and ... Congress build up antibodies against free trade. Go for the big bang." Some ... refusal: the EU's notion of free trade, still protecting Europe's ...

Article: Protesters Take On Free Trade.(Free ...
The Progressive;  June 1, 2001 ;     473 words ...From April 20 to 22, demonstrators across the United States and Mexico protested the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Summit meeting held in Quebec City. Above, left, a group burned an American flag on the Mexican side ...

Article: NAFTA Chapter eleven and the implications for the FTAA: the ...
Transnational Corporations;  August 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... intergovernmental bilateral investment treaties and free trade agreements. If the Free Trade Area of the Americas, which is modelled on these ... FTAs is unmistakable. The negotiations of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) (4) (that may result ...

Article: ASEAN moves to expand free trade area with ...
Manila Bulletin;  September 14, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Friday took crucial steps to expand the regions free trade area (FTA) to its more prosperous neighbours China ... economic partnerships. ASEAN already has its own free trade zone, the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), which has begun cutting tariffs to ...

Dictionary definition: free-trade area
A Dictionary of Economics;      344 words ...free-trade area A group of countries with free trade ... trade areas, including the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) and the North American Free ... being produced in member countries. A free-trade area is contrasted with a customs union ...