Thursday, July 20, 2006

Oman Free Trade Agreement

Our National Security is at Risk!

This week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives discovered alarming provisions
in the text of the Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that could have major
implications for our national security interests.

• Under the agreement, companies such as Dubai Ports World – the same
operation that set off a political firestorm earlier this year when they tried to
purchase the right to operate our ports – could set up in Oman and then attempt
to acquire a U.S. port operation.

• Even if Congress opposes this, the Oman FTA would allow the company to drag
the U.S. in front of UN or World Bank tribunals to demand our country
compensate them for any lost profits!

• This could happen with our ports or other national security assets.

Is this really the time for Congress to consider an agreement that not only puts workers
at risk, but also our national security? How much more can we bow down to corporate
interests?!?

Supporters of the Oman FTA are working overtime to play down this news. Don’t let
that happen! The vote in the House is scheduled for TODAY.
Please make sure to call your Representative and pressure him or her to vote against the Oman Free Trade Agreement. As a reminder, the toll-free number for the Capitol Switchboard is 866-340-9279.

Source: USW Rapid Response

2 comments:

Tahoma Activist said...

Can you believe the Democrats? I think there's no way they could have voted for this in such numbers unless this Lebanon situation was going on. The media will always want "free trade", so the only way we can win the votes is if we have people pressure. The only way to have that is if folks are paying attention to the real news instead of this CNN propaganda.

We should have a Fair Trade Now bloggers club.

Anonymous said...

What I can't believe is that our junior senator from Illinois, Barak Obama, voted for OFTA. I called his office in Washington requesting a written statement on his position on, and his reasoning for voting for, OFTA. It's been a month and I am still waiting.

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