What is the time-table for the FTAA Treaty? When will it take effect?
The FTAA process began in 1994 at the First Summit of the Americas in Miami . Negotiations over the FTAA treaty have been ongoing ever since and the first draft of the treaty was released in July 2001 for public consideration and comment. The second and current draft of the treaty was released in November 2002 with another invitation to civil society to comment on it. Treaty negotiations are supposed to conclude by January 2005. The final FTAA Treaty is set to go in effect by December 2005. Continued disagreements between the US and other nations over the substance of the treaty on numerous issues are likely to push these deadlines back. A more detailed time-table is available here.
