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Subscribe to Our Monthly E-mail Update.View SampleResourcesUnited for a Fair Economyfaireconomy.org offers outstanding resources on the "Free Trade Agreement of the Americas The New Rules Projectnewrules.orgEncourages community empowerment and decentralization. Provides many useful legal models. Council of CanadiansCanadians.orgtracks global corporatization and other public interest issues Public Citizen's Global Trade Watchtradewatch.org a great resource for staying abreast of U.S. legislation relating to global corporatization |
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