July 31, 2007

What is the SPP? Security and Prosperity for whom?

New Fact sheets from Common Frontiers on Free Trade and Continental Integration in North America

Common Frontiers has produced four fact sheets on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) - a trade deal involving Canada, Mexico and the US. They also address what you can do and how to get more information.

The following fact sheets are available: 

• Free Trade at the Crossroads – What's up with NAFTA, TILMA and other ‘free trade' deals that Canada is currently promoting?
  4-page version / 2 page version

• Integration by Stealth – Unpacking the secretive SPP.
  4-page version / 2 page version

• SPP and Petroleum – Uncovering the real purpose of the SPP in mobilizing Mexican and Canadian energy resources to enhance US ‘security'.
  4-page version / 2 page version

• Alternatives to Free Trade: Thinking Outside the Box – This is what alternative trade and regional solidarity looks like!
  4-page version / 2 page version

Two formats: One is a conventional 4-page document suitable for printing on letter-sized paper. The other is formatted to be printed on both sides of an 11”X17” piece of paper which can be folded to create a 4 page booklet.