This program explores the MAI, a trade treaty that would grant transnational corporations greater leverage to invest in foreign countries.
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This program explores the MAI, a trade treaty that would grant transnational corporations greater leverage to invest in foreign countries. The Sierra Club's Dan Deligman argues that the agreement would permit foreign corporations equal access to timber, mining, and oil rights in countries worldwide. Joshua Karliner, editor of <I>Corporate Watch,</I> describes the MAI as a "corporate global constitution." Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch discusses the potential impact of the MAI on social conditions in the US and abroad. WTO Director General Renato Rugierro says that it is not the place of a trade organization to deal with labor, human rights, and environmental standards. Tony Clarke of the Polaris Institute tells how his organization exposed the secretive MAI negotiations in 1995. Maude Barlow of The Council of Canadians talks about what's to come if the MAI takes effect. And the US State Department's Alan Larson says that the MAI will not jeopardize US laws.