[Imc] Free Trade Area of the Americas Meeting in CHICAGO (fwd)

[brent john mcdonald]

This event may be of interest to media, educators, demonstrators concerned
with the FTAA.  No heads of state or customs officials to draw the
excitement of Quebec, but Chicago may provide an opportunity to
gather informational footage for any future coverage/documentaries on
the FTAA.

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>The Committee on Foreign Affairs
>of the
>Chicago Council on Foreign Relations
>
>cordially invites you to attend a meeting cosponsored with the
>
>Council of the Americas
>
>on
>
>Prospects for the Free Trade Area of the Americas
>
>Featuring
>
>Renard P. Aron
>President and Founder
>Shear Communications
>
>Nelson W. Cunningham
>Managing Director
>Kissinger McLarty Associates
>
>John E. Huenemann
>Vice President
>Trade, Investment & Global Markets
>GPC International
>
>Moderated by:
>Rosemary Werrett
>Senior Director, Corporate Relations
>Council of the Americas
>
>The Mid-America Club
>200 East Randolph Drive, 80th Floor
>Chicago, IL
>
>The panel of trade experts will analyze the prospects for
>implementation in 2005 of the Free Trade Area of the Americas
>(FTAA), which would incorporate 34 countries and cover an area of
>nearly 800 million people, accounting for more than $11 trillion in
>GDP in 2000. The discussion will include the challenges involved in
>doing business in the current climate and in concluding the
>negotiations. Key issues include Brazil's concerns, the likelihood
>that President Bush will get trade promotion (formerly "fast track)
>authority, and the marketability of FTAA to the American and Latin
>American public.
>
>Renard Aron is a former executive director of the US section of the
>Brazil-US Business Council
>Nelson Cunningham is a former special advisor to President Clinton
>for Latin American affairs
>John Huenemann is a former US assistant trade representative for
>North American affairs
>
>
>Registration required. Admission: $20.00/person
>To register, visit <https://www.ccfr.org/events/registration.asp>

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Nan Volinsky
Academic Programs and Outreach Coordinator
Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
201 International Studies Building
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820  MC-481
my office: 206 International Studies Building
my phone:     217-333-8419
fax:    217-244-7333
e-mail: nvolinsk at staff.uiuc.edu
web:  <http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/lat>