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In Whose Service? GATS and the WTO
June 26, 2002
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What if a corporation took over the U.S. Postal Service or your municipal water system? Through discussion of the General Agreement on Trade in Services, we'll take a look at the World Trade Organization's momentum toward privatization of all service sectors, from accounting to electricity.
Featuring:
Lori Wallach and Mary Bottari, Public Citizens' Global Trade Watch; Ellen Gould, an expert on international accounting practices; Scott Sinclair, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Ruth Kaplan, Alliance for Democracy; Lawrence White, a professor at New York University's Stern School of Business; Patricia Arnold, a professor of accounting at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; music from Larry Shaw.
For more information:
Public Citizens' Global Trade Watch
1600 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-588-1000
www.citizen.org
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
CCPA National Office
Suite 410, 75 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7 Canada
613-563-1341 fax: 613-233-1458; ccpa@policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca
Trade Campaign, Alliance for Democracy
681 Main Street
Waltham, MA 02451
781-894-1179 fax: 781-894-0279; peoplesall@aol.com
www.thealliancefordemocracy.org