Panama FTA: Essential Documents

Panama: A Leading Tax Haven

• GTW Video: It's So Easy to Set Up a Tax Haven in Panama, Even an Intern Could Do It!
• GTW Report: Panama FTA Would Undermine U.S. Efforts to Stop Offshore Tax-Haven Abuse and Regulate Risky Financial Conduct
• Reporter's Memo: To Clean Up Tax Havens, Panama Must Go Beyond "Swiss Cheese"
• Public Citizen letter to sponsors of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (PDF)

Statements and Letters of Opposition

• Letter from International Brotherhood of Teamsters to U.S. House of Representatives (PDF)
• Letter from International Association of Machinists to USTR Ron Kirk (PDF)
• Letter from Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Amazon Watch, CIEL, EarthJustice, Greenpeace and RAN to Congress (PDF)
• Citizens Trade Campaign Formal Opposition to Panama FTA (PDF)
• Letter from ONAGRO, Panamanian agricultural group, to U.S. Congress (PDF)

Further Reading

• Minimum "Fixes" Needed to Bush's Hangover FTAs (Panama, Colombia, Korea) (PDF)