TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements

18 April 2007


Recent postings on FTA website

We wish to bring to your attention two recent news articles on the US-Malaysia FTA which have been posted on the www.ftamalaysia.org website. They are:

1. Mandatory Labelling of GMOs
(http://www.ftamalaysia.org/article.php?aid=170)

The Natural Resources and Environment Minister Azmi Khalid has been quoted in the press as saying that Malaysia has insisted in free trade talks with the US that imports of genetically-modified food must be labeled even though the US had wanted only voluntary labeling by American companies.

1. Malaysia-US FTA: What’s at stake?
(http://www.ftamalaysia.org/article.php?aid=171)

This is a 2-part article by economist Charles Santiago which sets the US-Malaysia FTA talks in the context of the globalisation push. It sets out both the politics at play and the potential damage to Malaysia’s economic and human security if the FTA goes ahead. He calls for thorough evaluation of the FTA’s assumed costs and benefits.


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