AN UNOFFICIAL GUIDE TO AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARDS
The talks among ministers meeting in Geneva from 21 July 2008 broke down on 29 July over the special safeguard mechanism (SSM). What exactly is the problem? A new unofficial guide is available on the WTO website. Browse or download Word or pdf versions here:
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/agric_e/guide_agric_safeg_e.htm
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
World Trade Organization - Unofficial guide to agricultural safeguards
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In the ten years of its existence, WTO panels composed of corporate attorneys have ruled that: the US law protecting sea turtles was a barrier to "free trade"; that US clean air standards and laws protecting dolphins are too; that the European Union law banning hormone-treated beef is illegal. According to the WTO, our democratically elected public officials no longer have the rights to protect the environment and public health. Unlike United Nations treaties, the International Labor Organization conventions, or multilateral environmental agreements, WTO rules can be enforced through sanctions. This gives the WTO more power than any other international body. The WTO's authority even eclipses national governments.
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