- CAFTA Central American Free Trade Agreement
The Central America Free Trade Agreement, commonly called DR-CAFTA (pronounced "Doctor Cafta"), is a free trade agreement (legally a treaty under international law, but not under US law). Originally, the agreement encompassed the United States and the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, and was called CAFTA
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CIME Committee on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises
CMIT Committee on Capital Movements and Invisible Transactions
Codex Alimentarius Commission
Elite club of of the WHO/ FAO of scientists located in Geneva, largely controlled by the big food and agribusiness corporations, has been assigned the task of looking into food safety and setting standards from a technical point of view. But even from the scientific perspective, there is an ongoing, intense debate about whether or not foods altered by biotechnology are safe for human consumption or for the environment.