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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2004 - MUMBAI,
INDIA
AFTER CANCUN: CORPORATE GLOBALIzATION,
THE ENVIRONMENT AND EQUITY
A workshop hosted by
friends of the earth
international
5-8pm, 19th January, D116
Speakers:
Alberto Villareal (REDES-FOE Uruguay)
Manuel Lopez (COECOCeiba-AT)
Sahabat Alam Malaysia-FOE Malaysia
Ricardo Navarro (FOE International
chairperson)
Ronnie Hall (FOE International trade
programme
coordinator)
Following the collapse of the WTO's
negotiations in Cancun in September 2003,
most of the WTO's 'Doha agenda' has come to a
complete standstill. There have also been
further set-backs to the trade liberalising
agenda including in the development of the
proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas
(ALCA). As a result, a unique opportunity to
challenge the current trade liberalization
dynamic has opened up.
As a contribution to the current debate
about how to utilise that opportunity, FoEI
plans to host a dynamic workshop in which
participants analyse the way in which the
proposed WTO negotiations would impact on
equity and the environment specifically
(including availability of and equitable
access to natural resources).
The workshop will also seek to assess the
bearing that the collapse of the Cancun
negotiations has in these specific areas; and
to work out strategies for joint campaigns to
maximise the potential of the current
opportunity to push for the development of
fair and sustainable economies.
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