From: harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator)
Subject: TRADE NEWS:MAQUILADORAS DON'T FOLLOW REGULATIONS 
Followup-To: alt.activism.d
Originator: daemon@pencil.cs.missouri.edu
Organization: misc.activism.progressive on UseNet ; ACTIV-L@UMCVMB
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 04:12:28 GMT


    MAQUILADORAS DON'T FOLLOW REGULATIONS  
    Of six majority U.S. - owned maquiladoras surveyed by the U.S.  
    General Accounting Office (GAO),  none had done Environmental  
    Impact Assessments (EIA's).  EAI's are required by  Mexican  
    law.  Some plants had  also been allowed to start operating  
    before it was issued an operating permit. 

    Source:  See "Resources" 



TRADE NEWS BULLETIN 
Monday, November 2, 1992 
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THIRTEEN NATIONS PRESS FOR GATT SETTLEMENT 

Thirteen smaller trading nations sent a letter to the European  
Community, the United States, Japan and Canada encouraging them to  
settle the Uruguay Round and help ease the global recession.  "The  
world trading system cannot risk failure of the Uruguay Round with  
all that would entail," the letter stated.  The letter was signed by  
Australia, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Finland, Hong Kong,  
Iceland, Norway, the Philippines, New Zealand, Singapore, South  
Korea and Sweden. 

Source: "Smaller Nations Press Settlement of Trade Talks," REUTER,  
November 2, 1992. 
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Events: 

Tuesday, November 10, 7:30 PM.  FREE TRADE, ECONOMIC  
RESTRUCTURING AND WOMEN: DEVELOPING A WOMEN'S PLAN OF  
ACTION.  Women will meet to discuss the effects of the NAFTA on  
women's specific concerns, and explore possibilities for response.   
Resource Center of the Americas, 317-17th Avenue SE, Minneapolis,  
MN 55414-2077.  Tel: (612) 644-5683. 
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Resources: 

NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR  
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE is a book detailing the proceedings of a  
March 5, 1992 conference.  The book includes research papers:  
"Macroeconomic Implications of NAFTA for California," "NAFTA and  
Rural Mexican Migration," "Lessons from the Canadian-U.S. Free  
Trade Agreement," and "Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the NAFTA  
and Agriculture."  Copies of the book are available from: Agriculture  
Issues Center, University of California  - Davis, Davis, California  
95616. 
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Produced by: 
Kai Mander     
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 
1313 Fifth Street SE, Suite #303 
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1546 USA 

Telephone:(612)379-5980 Fax:(612)379-5982  
E-Mail:kmander@igc.org 
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TRADE NEWS BULLETIN 
November 3,  1992 
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GATT News Summary 
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ELECTION MAY EASE US-EC AGRICULTURE DISPUTE 


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Other Trade News 
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EFTA MEMBERS APPLY TO EC 

The European Commission is likely to on Wednesday adopt an  
opinion allowing the GeneraFTA)  
members Finland,  Austria and Sweden.  Opening talks are  
unlikely to begin until uncertainty over the ratification of the  
EC's treaty in European Unity is resolved.  The opinion issued  
Wednesday will lay out problems posed by each country's  
membership.  For Finland,  an issue to be dealt with is how to  
help farmers in the far north adapt to the EC's Common  
Agriculture Policy. 

Switzerland and Finland,  also EFTA members,  are seeking to  
join the EC as well.  The EFTA and the EC may join to create the  
European Economic Area (EEA).  When the two are joined,    
EFTA nations will have to conform to EC laws, and it is unclear  
how much power they will have in influencing these laws.   The  
first test will be how much Norway's interests are taken into  
account in a draft EC directive on North Sea oil off its shores.   
Norway said it would attempt a veto if a directive on oil didn't  
recognize Norwegian wishes,  but EC officials have said Norway  
would not have this power as EFTA members. 

Source:  Alister Doyle, "EFTA Veto Threats to EC May Be  
Toothless,"  REUTER,  November 3,  1992;  Janet McEvoy,   
"Commission Set to Pave Way for Entry Talks With Finland,"   
REUTER,  November 3,  1992. 

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Resources: 

1.  U.S. - MEXICO TRADE: ASSESMENT OF MEXICO'S  
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS BY NEW COMPANIES, Report to the  
Chairman,  Committee on Commerce, Science and  
Transportation,  U.S. Senate,  United States General Accounting  
Office, August 1992. 
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Produced by: 
Hannah Holm    
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 
1313 Fifth Street SE, Suite #303 
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1546 USA 

Telephone:(612)379-5980 Fax:(612)379-5982  
E-Mail:kmander@igc.org 
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