00564nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043447.0 Girvan, Norman FTAA's blank areas 2001 Opines that one of the FTAA's more significant pitfalls is the lack of norms to promote equitable and sustainable development, which should be all integration schemes' foremost objective. Suggests that before negotiating a larger integration scheme, countries of the region should strengthen existing sub-regional arrangements. 7/4/02 JOY_D A 47748 47748