post-Kyoto E-diplomacy

[Ian Murray]

>              THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION HAS PLANS TO REPLACE
>                   THAT OUTMODED POLITICAL IDEA: DEMOCRACY
> 
>                   Sunday April 15, 2001 The Observer
>   http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,473357,00.html
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[From Ellen Gould]

A response to the major claims made in the WTO's "GATS: Fact and
Fiction" relying on  the WTO's own words is now available at:

http://www.canadians.org

Separating WTO Fact and Fiction

Overview

     The GATS threat to Public Services

     Deregulation under the GATS

     The attack on the flexibility countries have under

     the GATS

     Eliminating Limits on the GATS

     Changing the GATS negotiating structure

     Unsupported claims about GATS benefits

The original WTO sources that refute "GATS: Fact and Fiction" are
identified with an
indication of where they can be found on the Internet.  Some WTO
documents that are
as yet still secret are posted as part of the response.