Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 19:57:24 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Condit <tomcondit-AT-igc.apc.org> Subject: M-NEWS: US: Nat'l MAI alert From: Julietbeck-AT-aol.com (by way of Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher-AT-igc.apc.org>) Subject: MAI: NATIONAL FIELD ALERT [PLEASE CIRCULATE TO ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS NATIONALLY] Mark your calendars for a week from today, Tuesday, 2/10 .............. Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) FIELD ACTION ALERT! The time to derail the MAI negotiations is NOW! * Currently the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the OECD, the rich countries' club where the secretive MAI is being negotiated) is frantically attempting to meet their unrealistic April deadline to complete the politically troubled MAI. * At a high level meeting in Paris next month, the OECD member countries will reconsider the April deadline, and take-up the possibility of abandoning the MAI altogether. * Help us send a message to the Clinton Administration that the MAI is a bad deal for America and that the US should withdraw from negotiations immediately! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10th NATIONAL ALL-CALL DAY TO SENATE On February 10th, call both your Senators' district or DC offices, and ask for their "trade staff." Introduce yourself, express your concerns about the MAI and say something like this: [I am concerned that the Clinton Administration is rushing into the MAI, a dangerous new investment treaty that will expand NAFTA-like investment rules globally. I would like Senator [insert name] to call the White House and the US State Department to urge the Clinton Administration to immediately withdraw from MAI negotiations. The agreement does not serve the best interests of Americans and must be abandoned.] Here are some talking points: * The MAI undermines state and local sovereignty by restricting governments' ability to regulate foreign investment and corporate accountability. * Negotiations should not have reached such an advanced stage without public knowledge or participation. * The MAI lacks protections for the environment, labor and human rights. ****** Extra Credit! ****** Contact a US MAI negotiator directly! Before Jeffrey Lang leaves for Paris this week, tell him you want the US to withdraw from MAI negotiations immediately!! Jeffrey Lang, Deputy Trade Representative at the USTR phone: (202) 395-5114 fax: (202)395-4549 jlang-AT-ustr.gov For further info: Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch (202)546-4996 **************************************************************************** /s/ Mike Dolan, Field Director, Global Trade Watch, Public Citizen Join the Global Trade Watch list server. We will keep you up to date on trade policy and politics. To subscribe, send this message: "SUBSCRIBE TW-LIST" [followed by your name, your organizational affiliation and the state in which you live] to LISTPROC-AT-ESSENTIAL.ORG Our web-site is also interesting ---> www.citizen.org/pctrade/tradehome/html WE EDUCATE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO ORGANIZE THEM. WE DON'T ORGANIZE PEOPLE IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THEM. Fred Ross, Sr.
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