Behind GATS 2000 / Erik Wesselius 

Public ISBD Titre : Behind GATS 2000 : Corporate Power at Work Type de document : document électronique Auteurs : Erik Wesselius, Auteur Editeur : Amsterdam [Pays-Bas] : Transnational Institute (TNI) Année de publication : 2002 Collection : TNI Briefing Series num. 6 Importance : 16 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Accords commerciaux Tags : AGCS-GATS  Libéralisation  Privatisation Index. décimale : 03.02 Accords Commerciaux Résumé : In February 2000, the member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) began negotiations to expand the 1995 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Since the start of these GATS 2000 talks, concern over their possible outcome has grown, not only among citizens’ organisations, but also among Southern governments and local and regional authorities world-wide. GATS critics point out that the GATS 2000 negotiations pose a threat to the provision of basic public services like education, health or water provision, and to governments’ right to regulate, including policies targeting economic and social development or environmental protection. These threats are the direct result of a disproportionate corporate influence over GATS negotiations, both in the past and in the present. Behind GATS 2000 : Corporate Power at Work [document électronique] / Erik Wesselius, Auteur . - Amsterdam (PO Box 14656, 1001 LD, Pays-Bas) : Transnational Institute (TNI), 2002 . - 16 p.. - (TNI Briefing Series; 6) . Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Accords commerciaux Tags : AGCS-GATS  Libéralisation  Privatisation Index. décimale : 03.02 Accords Commerciaux Résumé : In February 2000, the member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) began negotiations to expand the 1995 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Since the start of these GATS 2000 talks, concern over their possible outcome has grown, not only among citizens’ organisations, but also among Southern governments and local and regional authorities world-wide. GATS critics point out that the GATS 2000 negotiations pose a threat to the provision of basic public services like education, health or water provision, and to governments’ right to regulate, including policies targeting economic and social development or environmental protection. These threats are the direct result of a disproportionate corporate influence over GATS negotiations, both in the past and in the present.

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