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Trading Democracy: The WTO and Public Interests
September 3, 2003
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From September 10th through the 14th the World Trade Organization will hold its fifth ministerial meeting since its inception in 1995. Trade representatives head to Cancun, Mexico, with a number of critical -- and contentious -- issues on the table, including agriculture subsidies and opening public sectors to international investment.
On this edition of Making Contact, we take a look at the WTO, public interests, and civil society opposition to an international trade regime.
Featuring:
Maria Atilano, Mexican Action Network against Free Trade; Miguel Pickard, Center of Economic and Political Investigation for Community Actions; Aida Domínguez, a woman from the fishing community of Puerto Madero, Mexico; Claudia Cruz, Network of Gender and Trade; Zapatista Comandante Zebedeo; Lori Wallach, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch; Scott Sinclair, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; George Naylor, National Family Farm Coalition; Peter Rosset, Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First; Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.
For more information:
RMALC -Red Mexicana de Accion Frente al Libre Comercio-
Godard 20
Col. Gpe. Victoria
07790 México, D.F.
México
tel/fax: (52 55) 5355 1177
rmalc@laneta.apc.org
CIEPAC, A.C. The Center for Economic and Political Research for
Community Action.
Calle de la Primavera No. 6
Barrio de la Merced
29240 San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico
+52 967 674 5168
ciepac@laneta.apc.org
www.ciepac.org
Network of Gender and Trade and GEM -Grupo de Educación Popular con Mujeres
Cerrada de Tochtli nº 10, Colonia Santo Domingo, Delegación Coyoacan,
CP 04369, México, DF
Telefonos:
55 56 19 56 76
55 56 10 45 82,
56 19 09 35
www.generoycomercio.org
Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
1600 20th St. 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
National Family Farm Coalition
288 M. Avenue
Churdan, Iowa 50050
515-544-3464; DC office: 202 543-5675
Institute for Food and Development Policy
398 60th Street
Oakland, Calif. 94618
www.foodfirst.org
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404 U.S.A.
612-870-0453;
fax 612-870-4846
www.iatp.org