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WTO is back. And this time, no more Mr Nice Guy
Jones, Polly
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2986652/wto_is_back_and_this_time_no_more_mr_nice_guy.htmlDate Written: 2015-12-13 Publisher: Ecologist Year Published: 2015 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX18497 Overtaken by massive regional trade agreements like TPP, TTIP, CETA and TINA, the World Trade Organisation has slipped into the background. But this week it's back with a vengeance, with its first big meeting in two years. The US's plan is to globalise the investment protection regime set out in the TTP, and open a new era of corporate rule and the eradication of democracy. |