[Ip-health] Save the Date! Lessons from NAFTA Conference, Oct. 22-23

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Lessons from NAFTA: Minneapolis: October 22-23, 2007

Lessons from NAFTA:
Building a New Fair Trade Agenda

Fourteen years after its ratification, the North American Free Trade Agreem=
entNAFTAhas
radically changed life for people in Canada, Mexico and the United States. =
It
has caused negative impacts for family farmers and consumers, reversed
important environmental and labor protections, and played a key role in
increased immigration to the U.S.

In a few months, NAFTAs final provisions go into effect. Join North America=
n
researchers, policymakers and activists to review NAFTAs past, learn about
efforts to expand free trade, and exchange ideas on building a new fair tra=
de
agenda.

October 22-23, 2007
Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Information and registration at iatp.org[1]

IN COLLABORATION WITH (list in formation)
ActionAid International USA
Agribusiness Accountability Initiative
Alliance for Responsible Trade
Asociaci=F3n Nacional de Empresas Comercializadoras de Productores del Camp=
o
Center of Concern/U.S. Gender and Trade Network
Center of Studies for Rural Change in M=E9xico
Church World Service
Common Frontiers (Canada)
Enlaces Am=E9rica
Food and Water Watch
Friends of the Earth US
Forum on Democracy and Trade
Frente Democr=E1tico
Global Development and Environment InstituteTufts University
Grassroots International
Heinrich B=F6ll Foundation North America
Iowa State University
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
Institute for Policy Studies
Mainstreet Project/Raices
Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC)
Minnesota Fair Trade Coalition
National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities
National Family Farm Coalition
National Farmers Union (Canada)
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
Peace Coffee
R=E9seau Qu=E9b=E9cois sur lInt=E9gration Continentale/Qu=E9bec Network on =
Continental
Integration
Resource Center of the Americas
Rural Coalition/Coalici=F3n Rural
Sierra Club
Witness for Peace Upper Midwest

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  1. http://events.iatp.org/