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The “Our World is not for Sale” (OWINFS) network is a loose grouping of organizations, activists and social movements worldwide fighting the current model of corporate globalization embodied in global trading system. OWINFS is committed to a sustainable, socially just, democratic and accountable multilateral trading system.
Digital trade negotiations at WTO
Statements and papers from civil society
2020
Digital Trade Rules: A disastrous new constitution for the global economy written by and for Big TechDigital trade rules and Big Tech: Surrendering public good to private power
US to target countries that impose digital services taxes
E-com proposals at WTO a recipe for corporate greed
COVID-19: JSI group for exploring emerging e-com/digital trade issues
Statements and analysis from 2019
Prof. Stiglitz on digital trade (3 min video)Giant tech corporations join forces with the WTO to try to launch a WTO 2.0 to cement digital colonialism through international treaties: English pdf, Spanish pdf
Letter from 315 CSOs from 90+ countries against Digital Trade talks in the WTO, April 1, 2019: English, Spanish, French
Statement against E-commerce Rules in the WTO: pdf docx
E-commerce negotiations being launched at the WEF are really about rules for digital colonisation
Why the dominant digital trade paradigm will not work for women in the global south: English pdf, Spanish, French.
South nations take firm stand on geo-economics of data: English pdf, Spanish, French.
South needs data digitalization policies, say CSO experts: English pdf, Spanish, French.
Anti‐development Impacts of Tax‐Related Provisions in Proposed Rules on Digital Trade in the WTO: English, Spanish, French
Giant tech corporations join forces with the WTO to try to launch a WTO 2.0 to cement digital colonialism through international treaties: English pdf, Spanish pdf
Updated Twelve Reasons: English: pdf, docx. Spanish: pdf, doc. French: pdf, docx.
Sessions at the 2019 WTO Public Forum
#95. Future of WTO in a digitalised world.#119. Why are computer and related services important?
Statements and analysis from 2018
What development actors need to know about e-commerce: EnglishData localization: English, French
Implications of WTO ecommerce proposals restricting access to algorithms: English
Policies for the platform economy: English, French
Preliminary note: Electronic authentication: some implications: English, Spanish
Transnational corporations’ agenda on e-commerce: English, Spanish
Digital industrialisation in developing countries: English, French summary
Data frameworks for a right to development: English
Get off the big data partnerships bandwagon: English
Statement from Civil Society Organizations working on eCommerce for Development, on the Africa eCommerce Week and Outcomes, December 2018: English: pdf, docx. French: pdf, docx.
Digital public goods: A precondition for realising the SDGs: English
Why E-Commerce won’t work for Africa’s development.
Statements and analysis from 2017
The fourth industrial revolution will deepen the digital divide. Alliance Sud Position on the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference: English, French.MSME associations reject MSMEs work program and ecommerce rules in WTO: English, Spanish.
Twelve reasons to oppose rules on digital commerce in the WTO: English: pdf, docx. French: pdf, docx. Spanish: pdf, doc.
E-commerce and the World Trade Organization: English: pdf, docx. Spanish: pdf, docx. French: pdf, docx.
Risk of a deepening of the digital divide – worrisome WTO discussions
Preliminary analysis of aspects of some WTO ecommerce proposals
Some preliminary implications of WTO source code proposal
Some of the implications of ecommerce proposals for government procurement
Micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and e-commerce: English: pdf, docx.
Jane Kelsey: E-commerce: the development implications of future proofing global trade rules for GAFA
Burcu Kilic and Renata Avila:
• Data
is the new oil, so big tech is pushing for a digital free trade deal
• Trading away our privacy; the WTO Ministerial in Buenos Aires
• A new digital trade agenda: are we giving away the Internet?
E-signatures and trade: English: pdf.
Documents from UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development)
Research paper: Joint Statement Initiative on E-Commerce (JSI): Economic and Fiscal Implications for the SouthReport: Rising product digitalisation and losing trade competitiveness.
Trade and Development Report 2018: Power, Platforms and The Free Trade Delusion.
Growing Trade in Electronic Transmissions: Implications for the South.