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FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA), USA - UAE
 

21 February, 2006.

The United States and the UAE have been working on a free- trade pact since March 2005. The two nations are engaged in bilateral free talks that would liberalize trade between the two countries and would allow companies to own and operate businesses in both nations.

The UAE, the only federal government in the Arab world consists of seven autocratic sheikhdoms. The two most important emirates are Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Abu Dhabi is the largest of the seven and the source of most of UAE's oil reserves, which are believed to be the fifth-biggest in the world.

The free-trade talks that had been scheduled to hold in Abu Dhabi were suddenly postponed last week after congressional efforts to block a
Port Deal prompted Dubai Ports World to announce it would sell its right to run terminal operations at U.S. ports.

The Bush administration has proposed a Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA), which would link 22 Arab nations, Israel and the United States by 2013.

The United States already has free trade pacts with Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Bahrain. Congress is expected to vote on an agreement this year with Oman, which neighbors the UAE.

The United States' trade relationship with the UAE is the third largest in the Middle East, after Israel and Saudi Arabia. Trade between the United States and the UAE amounted to $10 billion in 2005, making it the third-largest U.S. trading partner in the Middle East behind Israel and Saudi Arabia.

                  
UAE Ports Deal & The US Law Makers

The sale of major USA Ports to DP World has highlighted the issue of port security, long seen as one of the most vulnerable areas for a potential attack against the US by international terrorists.

The firm, Dubai Ports World, is owned by the United Arab Emirates, an Islamic regime that is now being regularly described in the media as a U.S.partner.

The U.S. lawmakers' protests against the deal that the UAE was a dubious partner because it has reportedly been pursuing a free trade deal with neighbouring Iran, a country the United States views as a threat to Israel and to U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East.

Put the "national security" concerns aside for a moment -- what about the human rights concerns? The UAE is in no way a "model neighbour" that we should respect or reward. Why on Earth would we be doing business with these people in any context, let alone one deeply entwined with our national security?

The democracy we're fighting for in Iraq does not exist in the UAE. Inside the UAE, according to the State Department, there is no freedom of the press and Internet access is restricted! 

View HRW Report : No Free Trade Pacts Without Reform l

View More at:
The storm over port deal; the Horror Facts!

Also view: The UAE Port Deal
 


                   
No Free Trade Pacts Without Reform l

"One of the world’s largest construction booms is feeding off of workers in Dubai, but they’re treated as less than human. It’s no surprise that some workers have started rioting in protest. What’s surprising is that the government of the UAE is doing nothing to solve the problem".
 

Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch (HRW)
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                           Migrant Workers At Risk!

"Nearly ten million foreigners, most of them unskilled or semi-skilled migrants, work in Gulf states. Migrants comprise some 90 percent of the 1.7 million workers in the United Arab Emirates.

Despite their value to both their home countries and the societies in which they work, many migrant workers suffer from discrimination, exploitation and abuse.  ..."Thousands of children are trafficked to the United Arab Emirates for use as camel jockeys," " said Rory Mungoven, global advocacy director for Human Rights Watch.
 

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Dubai: Migrant Workers at Risk

 

 


View links:


The Fifth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report  (2005)

Trafficking in Persons Report (2005), United Arab Emirates

The Closing Note from the Drafters

The minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking

Penalties & Tier Movements


The facts about child Camel Jockeys

'Camel Kids'  The Camel Jockeys of United Arab Emirates !

The Shocking Violations of Children's Rights ! (Special Reports - 2005)

The Shocking Violations of Children's Rights ! (Special Reports - 2004)

The Shocking Violations of Children's Rights ! (Special Reports - 2003)

 Documents: Dubai: Migrant Workers at Risk ;

The UN MW Convention & Campaigns

Human Rights Watch

 

 

 

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