CRS: Proposed U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, October 10, 2006 WikiLeaks The FTA with Oman is similar to other MEFTA FTAs and has three basic parts: new tariff schedules, broad commitments to open markets and provisions to support those commitments, and protections for labor and the environment. It provides immediate duty...
Campaign to end abuse of maids Gulf News | Muscat: The near-solitary confinement of an Indian housemaid, Sajitha Suresh Babu, has once again highlighted the mental and physical torture that domestic servants can be subjected to in Oman. | And the rate of abuse does not appear to have dropped, even though the government here has indicated it is keen to end any human rights violations. | Ab...
Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth The New York Times | NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. | These days, the continent’s riches draw a new cast of prospectors and predators, but the question is the same: who benefits — the people, or a coterie of politi...
