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(2) V.S. Food Safety .41 Risk. The rules of the WTO promote
th lowering of strong U.S. food fety lim to weaker international
standards. Also. U.S. food saf t� standards, tronger than tho of the
\\'TO. could be ch 11 ng d by oih r nati n. as illegal trade barrier . If
succcs t'ull� challenged. th C.S. would have t import contaminated
food or pn.' conom ic sanctions to keep it out. - d safetv law et risk
in .lude: restrictions on th usc of hormones. like the Bovine Growth
Hormone in milk and b f: limits n f od additives that cau cancer:
strict frx d inspection r quir merits: bans n dangerou: P sticid re idu s.
like ODT: food labeling laws: and fo d irradi lion . trictions,
(3) Congre I Hand Tteai Ii ·if. 11\ ·s �. _ ; .1.
The WTO would lim it 1 gisl t r.' obi lit� to pursu c rtain goal on
issues rea hing far b yond trade. T� ing ongre: s' hands with uch
international laws would limit Cony .' ability to legi late in the b t
int res] of the U.S. For in. lance. other nation could succe fullv
challenge landmark V.S. environrn ntal law.
including the Marine Marn mal Protection Act
(which protect dolphin). the Clean Air Act.
restrictions on hazardous waste, state recycling
laws and other measur . Also. international
environmental agre merit . like th Montr III
Protocol prot cting the 010n I � r. could 0
undermined b." th WT . A pol icv such a<; our
CAFE (Corporate Average ue I Etficiencv )
standards and ga�' guzzl r tA \, ould be in violation
of the trad rule. becaus it em ploys f\ means that
is not Teest trade restri rive." even if it's th onlv
politically feasible alternative. ongr ss would
have to change successfully challeng d laws or
the t,;.S. would face perpetual trad anctions.
The WTO's effects on C. . nvironrn ntal law
would be so dev astati ng that v n rhos
environmental groups that supported �AFf A (th
Xorth American r e Trade Agr em nt) ar
opposed to the Uruguay Round.
(4) t'.S. 'onsumer A nd En vironmental
Laws Targeted By Tradin partner . s We al
Barriers To Trade. The Europ all L'nion ha
nlrendy targeted L ... consumer and em' ir nm ntal
laws it > I iev c<; , iolnte the proposed nc« \\ orld
trade order. An April I 4 Euro; on L'nion rep rt.
"Report on I,'. . Barriers to Trade and Investm nt."
targets the �c\\ Xutrition LEl lling lind. -,dlH.:ntion
Act. Prop si ti n 6- ( nliforni a requires th
di iclo .ur of carcinogenic hazards). and limit. n
lend in cernrn ic ware and \l, ine. The Europ on
Union has alrendj challcng d th A·. tandards
program and gas guzzler tax and th C ... Marine
:'vI am mal Prot ction Act as illegal trade barriers.
Coil or write your ongressp r on t da� and
urge th m t d lay p as ag of th WT
implementing legislation until the Jul .. 1995
deadline. D n't let th m .neak this I gislation
through. The Amcri an people de rye to b
inform d. and dem era . deserv s t b pra li d
throua.h a c ngres. ionnl d�hale of th co.,ts and
benefits t th lcgislHtion.
CONNECT WITH US
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In addition, thnicdifferen
we exploited e.g. favoring one
hi torieal
imply to point out
that th curren controve y en­
gulfing th NAACP and Bla
Am ri i bout po er nd con­
trol; th a ility to Euro and
Am rica and Euro to con­
tinu to divide and exploit and
p per off of th hum nand
material w th of African peo­
ple.
Nothing i more terrifying to
whit supremacy/power than
th pi ct that African people
might unite and u our enor­
mou resources for our own de­
velopment. Nothing is more
frightening to white power than
the specter of Black power.
,.. ..
O.J. SIMPSON
(A.K.A. Tim RNERCIIZER RABBIT)
HE JUST
KEEPS GOING
... AND
GOING
... AND
.GOING
_______ •• ,.'J.t<'m AnR hI,R .. ,,,,,d
uprem-
3 millio�
We should not be on our knees
begging anybody for gran or
co rpo rat donation as th pri­
mary source of income for our
civil rights/human rights or­
ganizations and leaders.
We should wipe out the debt
and ee African/Black dollars as
the main source of income for the
Black freedom struggl .
WHITE SUPREMA pre-
fers n rvous Negroes who wit­
tingly or unwittingly perpetuate
the slave/plantation mentality
among our people; nervou Ne­
gro ho cannot conceive and
th refore cannot achieve African
unity, elf-relianc and Black
power; nervous Negro who
would k p u divided, d nd-
ent and pow rl
Ron IJtJnL Is ser . (.1.'; E �'IlIH' J DI·
r lor uf th: Center for Con sutuuonul
nLl/hl.' LIt N IL' York 'Lly l le "ilL) II
roataaed at U l! )H9, ·:Ji/,3
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.efortti
By Eari. Ofari Hutchinson