MAI - International Links - Archived

MORE ON MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT - prepared by Kerrie Christian

DIRECTORY

BACKGROUND to MAI

OPINIONS on MAI

OECD

AUSTRALIA

INTERNATIONAL

CANADA

EUROPE

JAPAN

NEW ZEALAND

USA

INTERNATIONAL SITES

FOR MAI
- Business & Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD BIAC
- International Organisation of Employers IOE
- International Chamber of Commerce Web Site & Opinion by Corporate European Observatory
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development - Trade & Environment Bulletin March 1998 / October 1997 / June 1997 / November 1996 / Members
- A Survey of Known Groupings of Multinational Companies That Influence International Policy
- UN Conference on Trade & Development UNCTAD
AGAINST MAI
- A very informative site - MAI NOT Home Page with lots of Links & postings from all over the world / Newsgroup - Info
- AnAlternative MAI & More
- International Forum on Globalization
- Public Citizens Global Trade Watch, USA
- Peoples Global Action
- Friends of the Earth
- Third World Institute
- Multinational Monitor on-Line
- Third World Network & critical analysis of the proposed investment treaty in WTO by Bhagirath Lal Das
- Globalisation & Corporate Rule Index & Corporate Watch - Treaties
- MAI - The Devil you don't know & Government-corporate collusion at the UN Lunch
- Joint NGO Statement on MAI
- Oneworld's Guide to MAI
- Lots of links of groups opposing MAI from around the globe & More!
- Greenpeace - Earth Summit - the Decline of Accountability
- International Labour Organisation ILO
  - Subcommittee on Multinational Enterprises MNE March 1997 - Report
  - Working Party on the Social Dimensions of the Liberalization of Global Trade March 1997 / November 1997 - Item 1 /
MEDIA STORIES

CANADA

PARLIAMENT
- Canadian Gov't MAI Web Site & Consultations with Canadians
- Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade: MAI IN CONTEXT
- Recommendations of the Sub-Committee on International Trade, Trade Disputes and Investment.
- NDP Website - NDP Minority Report on MAI & NDP Media Releases Related to MAI
- Why the NDP oppose the MAI and how the federal NDP and NDP in seven provinces have been opposing the MAI
FOR MAI
- Business Council on National Issues BCNI
AGAINST MAI
- A very informative site - MAI NOT Home Page with lots of Links & postings from all over the world / Newsgroup - Info
- AnAlternative MAI & More
- National Centre for Sustainability's MAI Information Centre / info & More
  - GATT & WTO
  - International Monetary Fund
  - Codex Alimentarius
  - OECD & APEC (under construction)
  - Effects of trade liberalization and globalization
- A Lawyer's Perspective on MAI - Barry Appleton's MAI Website Homepage -about the meaning of the MAI, international trade and investment law /Interpreting Reservations to the MAI
- The MAI and Canada's Health and Social Service System /
- Implications for Local Government
- Comparing NAFTA & the MAI by Barry Appleton LL,B., LL.M.
- Citizen's for Public Justice: Global Investment and the Common Good: A Public Justice Response to the MAI," (submission to the House of Commons Sub-Committee on Trade, Trade Disputes and Investment, Nov. 26, 1998) and an article from their newsletter, the Catalyst (Dec 97-Jan 98), entitled "The MAI: Is Ottawa Trading Away National Sovereignty?"
- Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA)
- Canadian Citizen's Against Free Trade
- Canadian Labour Congress
- Council of Canadians:(COC) MAI Page & Global Links
- The Sierra Club Factsheet & Briefing
- CBC National Website on Free Trade and MAI-
- Indigenous Issues - A Canadian Primer
MEDIA STORIES
- Canadian Media Links

EUROPE

European Parliament EU
FOR MAI
- European Roundtable of Industrialists ERT
- Union of Industrial& Employers' Confederations of Europe UNICE
AGAINST MAI
- MAIGALOMANIA from Corporate Europe Observatory
- Corporate Europe Observatory: Stop the Multilateral Agreement on Investment Home Page
- Joint NGO Statement on the Multilateral Agreement onInvestment (MAI)
- A SEED Europe Homepage
- GERMANY
  - Overview of Germanwatch WEED Campaign
  - Germanwatch & WEED started a joint campaign (mostly in German)
  - SRC this site is presently exclusively in German but there will be a short (summarized) translation into English.
- ANPED - Northern Alliance for Sustainability - The Netherlands
- First MAI site in Sweden -the site (in Swedish) contains a survey of the Swedish political parties, commentary on the Swedish (nonexistent) debate, links to OECD MAI site and flora.org MAI-not site and a mailing list.
MEDIA STORIES

JAPAN

FOR MAI
- Japan's Federation of Economic Organisations, Keidanren Home Page - Policy on MAI - June 1997 & Multilateral Trading System Policy / Japanese External Trade Organisation - Jetro WHITE PAPER ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT 1997 (SUMMARY)
- Japan wants further MAI progress - ForMin official April 26 1998
AGAINST MAI
- Japan People's Forum 2001 on MAI
MEDIA STORIES

NEW ZEALAND

FOR MAI
AGAINST MAI
- Legal Analysis by Dr Jane Kelsey, Law Faculty, Auckland University
- New Zealand MAI Information Centre
- Stu's Page
- David Wardley's Page -
- Grey Power NZ Page [ Some articles and links]
- NZ Alliance Party MAI Page - [ Press releases, information and links]
- Dunedin Methodist Church JPIC - [ Letters to MPs ]
- Patrick Dunford's Politics Page with lots of of Links & Critique of MFAT
MEDIA STORIES
- NZine article
- Media Articles listed on Patrick Dunford's Site 1998
- The Press - National News Mar 23 1998
- The Press On-Line - News Review Mar 1 1998
- The Press - News Review Mar 1 1998
- MPs able to debate, not vote, on trade agreement plan - The Press - National News Feb 27 1998
- National News Feb 17 1998
- Chch hui rejects investment deal - The Press - National News Jan 29 1998 The hui at the Rehua Marae voted overwhelmingly against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, which it said was "insensitive to Maori culturally and damning politically and environmentally
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
  - MAI effects
  - The rejection of the MAI by Maoris at a recent hui is worthy of a similar reaction from all NZers who value their cultural independence and some freedom to control their own lives.

GOVERNMENT
- UK Consultants Report on implications for Developing Nations - incl full report in pdf format
- House of Commons Library & MAI Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)
FOR MAI
AGAINST MAI
- OXFAM UK Briefing Paper October 1997
- WORLD WILDLIFE FUND -UK Background Briefing Note January 1998 - Will the MAI affect Developing Countries? By Nick Mabey
- RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre) United Kingdom
- North East England Greens
- Friends of theEarth (UK) : Multilateral Agreement on Investment; Opening the doors to corporate plunder? ; What is the MAI? ; Who is behind it? ;Open Doors for Corporate Plunder; Environmental Implications; The MAI in the UK? ; What do we want? ; MAI links
MEDIA STORIES
- Search the UK - Guardian/Observer & On-Line Archive
- Rough Trade Exposed - Guardian April 16 1998
- OXFAM Urges government to act on "carte blanche" agreement for multinational corporations. News Release o8 October 1997

USA

GOVERNMENT
- US Trade Representative - Agreements Negotiated - including MAI / US State Dep't Factsheets & Statements
- United States Trade Representative Website Whitehouse Fast Track & Initiatives
- FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND THE MAI, Economic Perspective - USIA Electronic Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2, April 1997.
- Western Governors & MAI / Media Release
FOR MAI
- US Council for International Business
  - USCIB Web site & Opinion of USCIB by Corporate European Observatory
  - Letters to the US Administration advocating the MAI
  - Policy Committees - Multilateral Investment Negotiations
  - News & Info
AGAINST MAI
- Friends of the Earth Ten Reasons to be Concerned about the MAI.
- Boston Area MAI Action Groups
- Citizen's Democratic Watch
- People Centered Development Forum
- Public Citizen The Global Trade Watch & Testimony by Lori Wallach
- Preamble Collaborative
- Interhemispheric Resource Center
- Information Habitat
- On-line Seminar in Sustainable Economics@csf sponsored by the Sustainable Economics list serve: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment and Sustainability - Fast-track Negotiating / Preservation of Environmental Rights Transnational Corporation Accountability / Sustainable Justice September 29-October 10, 1997 Upwards of 18 papers by authors well-known in the field
MEDIA STORIES
- THE GREAT BETRAYAL - Business Week April 6 - How American Sovereignty and Social Justice Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy
- San Francisco Chronicle April 10 1998
- Time on Turtles April 27 1998
- The Economist on Globalisation
  - One world ?
  - Capital Goes Global
  - Workers of the World
  - Trade Winds
  - Delivering the Goods
  - Worldbeater Inc
  - A World View
  - Bearing the Weight of the Market
  - San Francisco Supervisors' Panel opposes MAI - April 10 1998

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