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free trade
Conclusions of Second Continental Conference in Mexico City (Part 1 of 3 Parts) -- April 4-6, 2008
SECOND CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
- Against "Free Trade" Agreements and Privatization
- For the Defense of the Sovereignty of the Peoples
- For the Renationalization of All That Has Been Privatized
- For the Defense of Pubic Services and Enterprises and of
All Nationalized Industries on the Continent
- For the Defense of Pemex, the Electrical Sector and Social Security
- Against War
(Mexico City, April 4-6, 2008)
CONCLUSIONS
On April 4-6, 2008, the Second Continental Conference took place in Mexico City with 283 delegates in attendance. During the different phases of the conference, leaders, workers and activists from 16 countries participated: Mexico, the United States, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Costa Rica, Cuba, Martinique, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.
Export Opinion: A development economist poses a counterhistory of free trade
n the 1980s, as developing countries across the world struggled with crushing debt burdens and slow-growing economies, they were pushed—by the United States and international financial institutions—to embrace a set of policies that promised to rescue them. These policies, which are often grouped under the label neoliberalism, proceeded from the assumption that developing countries interfered too much with the workings of their markets.
Publisher:
Bookforum
