Im Jahr 2003 haben die USA einen Plan zu einer Freihandelszone im mittleren Osten aufgestellt, die MEFTA.
Dieser Masterplan sollte innerhalb eines Jahrzehnts, also bis 2013 ausgeführt sein.
Im Jahr 2007 aber haben sich einige arabische Staaten immer noch widersetzt.
Vermutlich lief es Anfang 2011 immer noch nicht nach Plan, so dass man jetzt nicht mehr verhandelte, sondern Agenten und Militär einsetzte, um gewaltsame Umstürze herbeizuführen und anchließend willige Marionettenregime einsetzen zu können, um somit doch noch die große Freihandelszone einrichten zu können.
Alle Länder in denen es jetzt kracht sind in diesem Masterplan namentlich erwähnt.
Middle East Free Trade Area Initiative (MEFTA)
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In May 2003, the U.S. proposed the Middle East Free Trade Area Initiative (MEFTA) initiative, a plan of graduated steps for Middle Eastern nations to increase trade and investment with the United States and with others in the world economy, with the eventual goal of a regional free trade agreement.
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USTR has continued to work with trading partners in the region to implement the MEFTA initiative. The United States and the United Arab Emirates decided early in 2007 that
the timing was not conducive to concluding bilateral FTA negotiations and have since sought to pursue trade and investment enhancement through a "TIFA-Plus" process; the first meeting of this new format was held in June 2007.
http://www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements...itiative-mefta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_-_Mi...ree_Trade_Area
On May 9, 2003, the Bush Administration proposed the establishment of a U.S.
Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) within a decade (by about 2013). This
proposal came a year and a half after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S. World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The MEFTA was billed as part of a plan to fight terrorism — in this case, by supporting the growth of Middle East prosperity and democracy — through trade. On June 23, 2003 the Bush Administration described a six-step process for Middle East entities to become part of that MEFTA:
(1) joining the World Trade Organization; (2) possibly participating in the
Generalized System of Preferences; successively entering into (3) trade investment framework agreements (TIFAs), (4) bilateral investment treaties (BITs), and (5) free trade agreements (FTA) with the United States; and (6) participating in trade capacity building.
The MEFTA would cover 20 entities in what many refer to as the Middle
East/North Africa — 16 in the Middle East:
Bahrain, Cyprus,
Egypt, the Gaza Strip/West Bank, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, the United Arab Emirates and
Yemen; and four in North Africa:
Algeria,
Libya, Morocco, and
Tunisia.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32638.pdf
"Greater Middle East: the US plan"
http://mondediplo.com/2004/04/04world