Free Trade for the Americas? : The United States' Push for the FTAA Agreement (Paperback)

1. Introduction - Paulo Fagundes Vizentini and Marianne Louise Wiesebron Part I: Strategic Issues 2. The FTAA and the US Strategy: A Southern Point of View - Paulo Fagundes Vizentini 3. The US, the FTAA, and the Parameters of Global Governance - Dorval Brunelle 4. Through the Looking Glass: A Canadian Perspective on the NAFTA as a forerunner to the FTAA - Marc Lee Part II: FTAA: Structures and Procedures 5. The Puzzle of Institutionalising a Free Market Continental Zone - The nuts and bolts of the FTAA - Michel Duquette and Maxime Rondeau 6. The Forgotten Society:Lack of Transparency and Democracy - Marianne L. Wiesebron 7. Social and Economic Rights within the Context of the FTAA - Jorge Witker Part III: Implications for South America 8. Brazil, Mercosur, the FTAA and Europe - Samuel Pinheiro Guimaraes 9. Brazil's strategy toward the FTAA - Jan van Rompay Part IV: Wider Consequences of the FTAA 10. FTAA: Implications for the World Trade System - Pitou van Dijck 11. FTAA versus the EU Association Agreements - Willy J. Stevens 12. The impact of the FTAA on Japan and China - Kurt W. Radtke 13. China's Reaction and Strategy towards the Creation of the FTAA - Yang Zerui 14. Effects of the FTAA on Japan - Mitsuhiro Kagami 15. Conclusions - Raymond Buve