What is the MAI?
- INTRODUCTION: The MAI: Basic Facts, by the Preamble Collaborative
- HISTORY: The Development of the MAI, by Connie Fogal
- In Focus: Multilateral Agreement on Investment, by Mark Vallianatos, Friends of the Earth
- Summary of the MAI Text, by Bill Watamaniuk
- The MAI FAQ, by theOECD
- OECD investment pact "not dead," just convalescing, by Brian Love, Paris newsroom (Reuters)
- Update on MAI Negotiations (April 02, 1998) by Mark Vallianatos, Friends of the Earth
The Issues
- Overview of the MAI: Writing the Constitution of a Single Global Economy, by Michelle Sforza-Roderick, Scott Nova, and Mark Weisbrot for the Preamble Collaborative
- Sneaky Treaty Would Entrench TNCs' Rights, Privileges (From The CCPA Monitor, April 1997)
- Shaping the Trading System..., remarks by William Witherell, OECD
- A LAMENT FOR DEMOCRACY: Good gov't requires a well-informed electorate, by Ed Finn
- Global Failures in Need of Local Solutions, by Naomi Klein
In More Depth
- Analysis of the MAI: MAI-DAY! The Corporate Rule Treaty, by Tony Clarke
- A FIRST NATIONS PRIMER (Canada) on the MAI, prepared by Ovide Mercredi, LLB.
- A BCNIzed Canada? (From the CCPA Monitor, September 1996)
- SILENT COUP: Confronting the big business takeover of Canada, By Tony Clarke
- NAFTA's Failure at 41 Months: Testimony of Lori Wallach Before the International Trade Commission, May 15, 1997
- "FREE MARKET" FALLACIES: What we need is a rule-based international economy, by John McMurtry
- There's a Dangerous Flaw in "Global Economy" Concept, by David C. Korten
- The Media's Love Affair with "Free Trade", by Norman Solomon
- A QUESTION OF VALUES: Is making money all economics is (or should be) about? by John Dillon