1. “Free trade pact rushes toward RP ratification, US approval in doubt” The Panama News. July 2007. http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_13/issue_13/business_01.html
2. “2009 Investment Climate Statement –
3. http://www.boqueteguide.com/?p=3743
4. International Monetary Fund Legal Department, “Financial Sector Assessment Program, Republic of Panama, Detailed Assessment of Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism,” September 2006, at 6. See http://www.cfatf.org/profiles=media/PANAMA%20AMLCFT%20Detailed%20Assessment%20Report.pdf
5. .“Panama FTA Would Undermine U.S. Efforts to Stop Offshore Tax-Haven Abuse and Regulate Risky Financial Conduct” Public Citizen p. 11
6. “Can Free Trade be Fair? Lessons from the Peru-U.S. Free Trade Agreement” Council on Hemispheric Affairs. http://www.coha.org/2008/10/can-free-trade-be-fair-lessons-from-the-peru-us-fta
7. “The U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement: Report of the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy (LAC)” p. 6 http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Trade_Agreements/Bilateral/Panama_FTA/Reports/asset_upload_file696_11235.pdf
8. http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/asesinato_de_dos_sindicalistas_de_SUNTRACS.pdf
9. Ibid., p. 7
10. “World Bank says Panama's informal economy is huge” The Panama News. June 2007. http://www.thepanamanews.com/pn/v_13/issue_11/business_01.html
11. “CRS Report for Congress: The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement” Congressional Research Service. July 3, 2007.
12. Ibid.,
13. http://www.allbusiness.com/caribbean/3995620-1.html
14. Congressional Research Service
15. Panama Poverty Assessment: Priorities and Strategies for Poverty Reduction. World Bank Country Study. 2000. p. 31
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