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4th January 201524th July 2015 Chapter 7 / Free trade treaties

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Cartoon reproduced here by kind permission of Semanario Universidad (San José, Costa Rica) and by the cartoonist Luis Demetrio ‘Mecho’ Calvo Solís.

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Chapter 7

  • Introduction
    • Exports of primary products as a percentage of total exports, by value, Central America
    • Exports of primary products as a percentage of total exports, by value, Central America (Table)
    • Siete de cada 10 empleos fueron creados en sector informal
    • Seven out of every 10 jobs created were in the informal sector
  • The failure to industrialise
    • The failure to industrialise
    • Exports of manufactured goods as a percentage of total exports, by value
    • Inequality and unfair competition? [Cartoon]
    • How “Good Regulatory Practices” In Trade Agreements Erode Protections For The Environment, Public Health, Workers And Consumers
  • Free trade treaties
      • SICA: Central American Integration System
        • Guatemala offers El Salvador a port on the Atlantic Coast
        • The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI)
      • The Role of China
        • Central America Between China and the United States
        • Nicaragua and China Speed Up Implementation of Free Trade Deal
      • Free Trade Treaty of the Americas (FTAA)
        • Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
      • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
        • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
      • Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP) – Project Mesoamerica
        • Original infrastructure proposals of the Plan Puebla-Panamá
      • Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
        • Aims and effects of CAFTA-DR, according to UNES
        • Nicaragua has benefited most from CAFTA
        • Las promesas del CAFTA sobre generación de empleo no se cumplieron, expone investigación
        • CAFTA’s promises of more employment in Costa Rica did not materialise, research finds
      • Europe’s Association Agreement (AA) with Central America
        • Highlights of the trade pillar of the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union
        • Criticisms of the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs)
        • We reject the Association Agreement with the European Union (cartoon)
        • Civil society participation in the EU’s AA with Central America?
        • Central America and the EU – An Asymmetric Agreement
        • Little Concern for the Environment in EU-Central America Agreement
        • UK signs accord with Central America to ensure continuity of trade deal
      • Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Latin America (ALBA)
        • Another way is possible: fair trade, cooperation and solidarity with ALBA in Nicaragua
        • Nicaragua exporting beans and cattle to Venezuela
  • Export Processing Zones (EPZs), Maquilas, and Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs)
    • Maquilas in Central America
    • Export Processing Zones in Central America
    • Defenders of Export Processing Zones
    • Criticisms of Export Processing Zones
    • Race to the bottom
    • The Better Work Programme in Nicaragua
    • NicaNotes: What is Significant About the Minimum Wage?
    • The new Honduran government repeals regressive and oppressive acts
    • Highway Robbery: How Bad Trade Policies Make Life Unaffordable

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