[Imc-chicago-audio] Avail. for interview: Antonia Juhasz on the Middle East Free Trade Area

[Erin Polgreen]

MEDIA ALERT | January 16, 2007 | For Immediate Release

Spoils of War

What is the Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) and how does it  
relate to the war in Iraq? Little more than a get rich quick scheme  
to restructure the economies of over 13 Middle Eastern economies for  
U.S. capital gain, according to Antonia Juhasz, author of The Bush  
Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.

In “Spoils of War,” Juhasz provides an incendiary account of the  
utter catastrophe the Bush Administration has brought to the Middle  
East via the war against Iraq—and, even though the war has been  
bungled every step of the way, it is only paving the way for MEFTA.

“Insulated by oil revenue, the Middle East has largely avoided  
succumbing to the sacrifices required under free trade agreements.  
But since the war began, negotiations for the MEFTA have progressed  
rapidly,” Juhasz writes.

“The winners, of course, are U.S. corporations. On January 19, 2006,  
for example, then-U.S. Trade Representative Robert Portman sent a  
letter to Oman’s minister of commerce and industry affirming that,  
when it signs contracts, the Omani government may not give preference  
to the government’s state-controlled oil companies.”

To read the full article, visit: http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/ 
main/article/2979

For more information, or to interview Antonia Juhasz, please contact:

Erin Polgreen, Associate Publisher

erin at inthesetimes.com

773/772.0100 Ext. 225
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