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Articles and Reports

Five Environmental Reasons to Oppose the FTAA, by the Canadian Alliance on Trade and Environment and the Sierra Club of Canada (pdf file, 183 KB).

NAFTA's Seventh Anniversary -- "Taking Away" our Clean Environment, 12/22/00

News release: Trade Agreement With China Fails Environment, 5/24/00

Sierra Magazine/Planet Newsletter Articles

Broken Promises: The Clinton Administration's Record of Trading Away our Environment

Taming Globalization for People and the Planet - Dr. Robert Cox and Daniel A. Seligman

Debate Transcript - Dan Seligman (Sierra Club) and Jennifer Haverkamp (U.S. Trade Representative's Office) on KING-TV, Seattle.

Recent News Articles on Global Trade

WTO Articles:

"ENVIRONMENTALISTS PLAN PROTEST AT WTO MEETINGS," by LES BLUMENTHAL, Scripps-McClatchy Western Service, September 30, 1999

"U.S. Laws Diluted by Trade Pacts Rulings stir criticism across political spectrum," The San Francisco Chronicle, July 24, 1999


No to the WTO

WTO WRAP-UP:

Sierra Club statement

More Wrap-Up from Sierra Club Action Daily

WTO SUMMIT ACTION KIT - BOSTON WTeaO PARTY

Coalition letter to United States Trade Representative and Environmental Protection Agency on concerns of new WTO negotiations in Seattle. July 16, 1999

Coalition report. July 1999

Testimony by Carl Zichela, Director Sierra Club Midwest Field Office criticizing WTO policy, June 7, 1999

Testimony for the U.S. Trade Representative office highlighting the problems with the WTO, May 20, 1999

Stop the Selling of the WTO, May 24, 1999


Fast Track

Fast Track -- 2002
Campaign resources to mobilize citizens to take trade off the "fast track" and move it onto a "right track" that protects our environment and working families.

Protect America, Don't Trade Her Away
Click here for more information about supporting the Kerry Amendment to the Senate fast track bill, and stopping the spread of NAFTA's corporate lawsuits.

Learn more about the Kerry Amendment to stop NAFTA's corporate lawsuits.

Take Action! Use our website to send a free fax to your Senator about Fast Track.

You can also print out sample letters that you or others can fax to your Senators and Representatives. These printouts are great for handing out at meetings, rallies, and events. Get fax numbers here for your Senators and Representatives.


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