of improving profit margins; andPrivatization of postal services transferring U.S. Postal Service functions to a few delivery companies like FedEx, which could then send postal rates through the roof.Some interesting recommendations toward a new foreign policy should be made known to the representatives of all thirty-four nations involved in the FTAA debacle, three of the most important are:Trade negotiations should be opened up to a broader representation of society.Labor, environmental, and other relevant social issues should be included in the negotiations of trade agreements.Investment policy should balance investors needs for clear rules with the needs of each countrys development strategy.At the Summit of the Americas, President Clinton declared that, with the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, "we can create a partnership for prosperity where freedom and trade and economic opportunity become the common property of the people of the Americas." If this partnership is to comprise all of the hemisphere's peoples, and not just a relatively small, elite and well-connected group of investors, then the FTAA process must be vitally democratized and reoriented. The future strength of the region depends on it....
