Withdrawal from World Trade Organization-Stop Central American Free Trade Agreem

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WHAT YOU CAN DO & WHY YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED:

URGENT ALERT: ACT WEEK OF JUNE 6th AND WEEK of JUNE 13th

Vitamin consumers: Two Important Legislative Actions You Must Take This Week

and Next to Defend Your Access to Dietary Supplements !!

1. H J Res 27 which gets us out of the WTO will go to the House Floor on

Tuesday, June 6th. Congressman urges vitamin consumer's support for this

bill. The form letter below explains why. Please call your congressman via the

US Capital Switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to be connected to your

congressman's office. If you aren't sure of his or her name, give the operator

your

zipcode and they'll tell you, then connect you.

When you are connected, urge your congressman to COSPONSOR House Joint

Resolution 27 which would get us out of the WTO. Also tell them to oppose CAFTA

and the FTAA

Tell them you're concerned about the threat the WTO, and CAFTA pose to US

sovereignty, to the worsening trade deficit, and to your access to dietary

supplements. Ask for your congressman's fax number or email address and fax or

email the form letter (SEE BELOW) in to them. Add your own comments if you

want. For additional information, please read the article below the form

letter.

2. A " Markup " Hearing will be held on CAFTA (Central American Free Trade

Agreement) in the Senate Finance Committee http://finance.senate.gov/ on June

14th. CAFTA & the Free Trade Area of the Americas threaten our sovereignty,

including The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act which provides us

access to dietary supplements. CAFTA + FTAA threaten harmonization of DSHEA to

restrictive international Codex regulations.

First a bill is voted on in committee, then if it passes in committee, it

goes to the floor of the Senate (or House). A bill must pass both the senate

and house before it goes to the President to be signed into law (or vetoed).

Bush is " testing the waters " on CAFTA on June 14th in this markup vote. Its

very important we send Congress a strong message in defense of our sovereignty

and against CAFTA/FTAA.

Each member of the Senate Finance Committee has a website via which you can

send email.

Please email the form letter to them via these sites: and also lob your

message in by calling them via the Capital Switchboard at 202-225-3121

If you are from their state, be especially sure to tell them that and please

alert your friends and family!!

REPUBLICANS

Senator Grassley, Iowa, Chair of Committee http://www.senate.gov/%7Egrassley/

Senator Hatch, Utah http://hatch.senate.gov/

Senator Lott, Mississippi http://lott.senate.gov/

Senator Snowe, Maine http://snowe.senate.gov/

Senator Kyl, Arizona http://kyl.senate.gov/

Senator , Wyoming http://www.senate.gov/%7Ethomas/

Senator Santorum, Pennsylvania http://santorum.senate.gov/public/

Senator Frist, Tennessee http://frist.senate.gov/

Senator , Oregon http://www.senate.gov/%7Egsmith/

Senator Bunning, Kentucky http://bunning.senate.gov/

Senator Crapo, Idaho http://www.senate.gov/%7Ecrapo/

DEMOCRATS

Senator Baucus, Montana http://www.senate.gov/~baucus/

Senator Rockefeller, W.Virginia http://www.senate.gov/~rockefeller/

Senator Conrad, N.Dakota http://www.senate.gov/~conrad/

Senator Jeffords, Vermont http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/

Senator Bingaman, New Mexico http://bingaman.senate.gov/

Senator Kerry, Massachusetts http://kerry.senate.gov/

Senator Lincoln, Arkansas http://lincoln.senate.gov/

Senator Wyden, Oregon http://wyden.senate.gov/

Senator Schumer, New York http://www.senate.gov/%7Eschumer/

NO TO CAFTA/FTAA/WTO!! & YES to H J Res 27

US Dietary Supplement Laws Threatened By Globalization!!

Senators____________________________

And Congressman ______________________________

The WTO, NAFTA, CAFTA and FTAA trade agreements all contain the SPS

(Sanitary Phytosanitary Measures) agreement. Article 3 of SPS states:

“To harmonize sanitary and phytosanitary measures on as wide a basis as

possible, Members SHALL base their food safety measures on international

standards, guidelines or recommendations.â€

This makes the supposedly “voluntary†Codex Alimentarius standard for

vitamins and minerals MANDATORY for all WTO member nations.

Passage of CAFTA and FTAA would broaden and deepen the scope of the SPS

agreement, forcing harmonization of not only our dietary supplement laws to

mindless international standards, but it would lead to the creation of a

supranational body similar to the EU in our hemisphere, and we oppose this

clear

threat to US sovereignty.

When the draft text of CAFTA was first made available on January 28th, 2004

the Governors of all 50 States discovered that they were bound by the 2,400

page agreement- being specifically listed in chapter 9. A third have since

rescinded their support of CAFTA.

Last fall, a WTO tribunal outlawed Utah’s ban on gambling, opening the door

to millions of dollars in penalties against all states with anti-gambling

restrictions. Antigua had charged that Utah’s ban on gambling violated

America’

s obligation not to discriminate against foreigners providing “recreational

services.â€

CAFTA includes hundreds of pages of grants of vague authority to foreign

tribunals. It wouldn’t take long for an activist foreign judge to read his

own

interpretation into language such as the SPS agreement and force changes to US

laws including the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act.

In addition to these concerns, NAFTA never lived up to the numerous promises

made about it, and our Trade Deficit is worse now than ever, contributing to

the weakening of the dollar. There is no reason to expect CAFTA or FTAA do

anything more than to FURTHER this negative trend, and lead to the destruction

of our nation, and our economy.

WTO tribunals have ruled against the USA in 42 out of 48 cases, many of

which were very costly to our economy. I therefore ask you to vote NO on CAFTA

and on FTAA, and YES on H J Res 27 which removes the US from the WTO.

Signed________________________________

Address____________________________________________________

City_________________________________State____Zip____________

SAVE OUR SUPPLEMENTS!! NO TO CAFTA/FTAA!!

US Dietary Supplement Laws Threatened By Globalization!!

By C. Hammell, President

International Advocates for Health Freedom