00822nam a2200109Ia 4500080001900000245013600019260003500155300001700190500000700207520047900214583001900693  a09.05.08 P7125  aPlanning for free trade in the Americas : an executive guide to regional trade blocs and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)  bOrbis Pub.aWashingtonusc1998  av, 95, xxiii  aDC  aConsiders the politics of free trade in the hemisphere, assessing the varying interests of trade blocs and countries and how they will likely affect the FTAA negotiations.  Summarizes the FTAA process from its inception in 1994 to the start of actual negotiations in the fall of 1998.  Describes each of the major trade  blocs in the region their internal rules and economic dynamics, and how they have affected and will continue to affect business operations in the region.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR