Re: scan: GATS: the NGO (late as usual, and obscure)

| the corridors of power

CHENNAI, SEPT 21:  The upcoming sixth ministerial of the WTO in Hong 
Kong in December would exert further pressure on governments to 
fast-track services negotiations in the Doha Round and seek its 
conclusions with legally binding commitments from member-countries.
....
As part of the ongoing Doha Round, it has submitted its revised Gats 
offer to the WTO’s services council on August 12, 2005. It is yet to be 
made public.

| so they lie, the documents were in the public domain, gosh!
| for like a few months even we have a copy, with revisions
| etc. marked.
|

Based on available information, the non-governmental organisations and 
groups working for the less privileged people
....

"It is said that the government focus on Gats has been on securing the 
elusive ‘Mode 4’ gains for free movement of professionals in US and EU 
markets."

| Elusive? and Sinister! Sinister! we have the documents defining
| mode 4 since like the last millenium the definition is right
| here: http://commerce.nic.in/wto_counsel_paper.htm and yeah! we
| want a crack at the US and EU markets too.
|


cont'd...
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=103276

| the NGO spokespersons remain unnamed, masked.
| so we imagine them like this:
|