WTO Hong Kong Ministerial meeting 2005

Jean-Yves LeFort, Trade Campaigner at the Council of Canadians, was in Hong Kong. Click here to read his BLOG entries.

In December 2005, trade ministers from Canada and the other 147 World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries will gather in Hong Kong for a crucial meeting, where they will make decisions that will impact Canadian agriculture, public services, natural resources, and the environment.

This series of fact sheets is designed to help you understand what’s at stake during this meeting, and why civil society groups are concerned about the WTO and its influence over policies and priorities in Canada and in the developing world.

What you should know about the WTO fact sheets

• Hong Kong Ministerial Meeting (PDF format)
• GATS (PDF format)
• Glossary of Trade Terms (PDF format)
• Agriculture (PDF format)

Open letter to the WTO
The undersigned trade unions and civil society organizations from around the world, are appalled by the highly undemocratic and deceptive process used to manufacture the draft services ministerial statement, which essentially brushes aside the concerns of the majority... There are two issues here that are particularly worrying...

Alternatives
Organizations and coalitions working on alternatives to economic globalization.

Trade brochure: What's wrong with world trade? What are the alternatives?

Statement on non-violence

Trade campaign update: November 2005

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Fresh from receiving the 2005 Right Livelihood Award in Sweden, Council Chair Maude Barlow joined other activists in Hong Kong to sing a protest Christmas carol to delegates attending the WTO Ministerial meeting.

(tune of Jingle Bells)

No to GATS
No to GATS
Our World is not for sale
A better world is possible
Together we'll not fail

Repeat

Stop Double U T O
from selling out our lands
Water, health and school,
are for woman, child and man