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Fair Trade Archive: GTW E-Newsletters, Action Alerts, and Updates

U.S.-Oman FTA

On January 19, 2006 the United States and the Middle Eastern country of Oman signed a free trade agreement. The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (OFTA) is part of the Bush administration's strategy to expand NAFTA to the Middle East by creating a Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA). OFTA replicates the failed trade model embodied in NAFTA and the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

• Fact Sheet: Talking Points on the U.S.-Oman FTA
  
• Citizens Trade Campaign Archive on the U.S.-Oman FTA

As a result of deep concerns about labor abuses and national security, the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives was unable to garner the broad majority in Congress it had hoped for to pass the Oman Free Trade Agreement. After several months of heated debate, the deal passed by a narrow margin July 20th, 2006.

Click here to see if your representative supported or opposed the OFTA, and to hold him or her accountable.

»	The Full Story: Close Vote on Tiny Oman Free Trade Agreement Exposes Shifts in U.S. Trade Politics

»	Foreign Policy in Focus: Congress Approves Flawed Oman Trade Pact

»	Statement of Lori Wallach: Narrow Vote on Oman Free Trade Agreement Exposes Shift in U.S. Trade Politics

»	Statement of Congressman Murtha on the Oman Free Trade Agreement

»	Congress Approves Flawed Oman Trade Pact

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