Thursday, 19 October 2006

Stop FTA talks and talk to the people first

by  Fauwaz Abdul Aziz     Published 19 Oct 2006      Source : Malaysiakini

Before and after every round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, the US trade representative provides briefings and reports to business and industry groups in that country.

But why is the Malaysian government not disclosing any information on the talks to its own people?

Posing this question today, a coalition of opposition political parties, non-governmental organisations and civil society have demanded that the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) stops the FTA talks with the US until a thorough study is done on all the issues concerned and disclosed to the public.