WTO+10: Still a target and still a cause of crisis

WTO: Cause not Solution to the Crisis!!
Myriam vander Stichele
Briefing on role of trade rules, in particular those in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), in causing the global economic crisis

Video debate of Myriam vander Stichele vs the WTO
The WTO's General Agreement on Trade in Services (the "GATS")  has very much underpinned expansion without regulation and supervision, so the financial corporations had the guarantee that their expansion would be underpinned. But financial services are not the same as other services – they need special supervisory structures.

Abandon the Damaging WTO Model - Address the Crises!
OWINFS Press Release
The WTO's crisis of legitimacy is evident in that despite deepening food, financial, economic and climate crises—to which the WTO has contributed significantly—its deregulation and liberalisation agenda remains much the same as in 2001.

Photo galleries of actions in Geneva:

• VII WTO Ministerial demo
• Lobby Tour: Corporate criminals from the world of finance
• WTO Funeral (Closing session VII WTO Ministerial, 2 Dec 2009)