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[WTO-Cancun] De invloed van de multinationals in de WTO
by (posted by Het Rooje Nest) Friday August 29, 2003 at 02:52 PM

Een recent rapport van Friends of the Earth en Corporate European Observatory toont aan welke belangrijke rol de multinationals spelen in de besluitvorming van de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO). Onderstaand artikel komt uit de nieuwsbrief van Corporate European Observatory. Van groot belang om de top in Cancun beter te begrijpen.

Business rules: who pays the price? How corporate influence in the WTO impacts people and the environment

This new report by Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) and Corporate Europe Observatory documents the powerful role of transnational corporations in shaping the WTO's trade and investment rules. Highly recommended reading in the run-up to the Ministerial Conference in CancĂșn (September 10-14), the report is online at:

http://www.foei.org/publications/trade/businessrules.pdf