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- The exclusively market-dominated WTO is moribund. It is undermined by its disputes, and 88 NGOs have announced the death of the Doha Round.- On the other hand, civil society is heading for consensus and can organise itself thanks to new Internet resources which allow long-distance collaboration. | - The exclusively market-dominated WTO is moribund. It is undermined by its disputes, and 88 NGOs have announced the death of the Doha Round.- On the other hand, civil society is heading for consensus and can organise itself thanks to new Internet resources which allow long-distance collaboration. | ||
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Revision as of 14:13, 27 January 2008
This page is about an initiative that emerged at the beginning of 2008. It is not immediately related to the WSF, but it might become a WSF activity, or related to several WSF activities, before and during the WSF in Belem 2009.
(this Summary of the project was attached to the posting mentioned above. This summary is also available in Italian, French, German and Spanish.)
Aims
This document proposes a collaborative activity between different parts of civil society, supporting a WIKI internet forum for the purposes of creating a "legitimate WTO"-to regulate international trade.
Context
- The exclusively market-dominated WTO is moribund. It is undermined by its disputes, and 88 NGOs have announced the death of the Doha Round.- On the other hand, civil society is heading for consensus and can organise itself thanks to new Internet resources which allow long-distance collaboration.
