BCLA Information Policy Committee
Globalization, GATS and the WTO
Governments and Information Policy
Globalization, GATS and the WTO
Libraries
and the WTO
- Information, Commodification and the World Trade Organization by Steven Shrybman, LLB. Remarks prepared for the IFLA Conference, Jerusalem, August 2000.
- Imagine a world without libraries... it could happen
- IFLA Position on WTO Treaty Negotiations
- CLA Resolution on WTO passed at the 1999 Annual General Meeting
- Excerpt from CLA Application to WTO for NGO accreditation for Ministerial Meetings in Seattle, November 1999
- ALA resolution on WTO and Libraries passed at the ALA mid-winter meeting 2000
- North Vancouver District Public Library Board Motion on the WTO and Canadian Libraries, May 2000
- Vancouver City Council WTO Motion
- Paul Whitney's presentation to the 66th IFLA General Conference, Jerusalem, August 2000
General
Information on GATS and the WTO
- Public
Citizen Global Trade Watch
Includes publications like the Citizen's Guide to the WTO - Reports
on the WTO
From the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Government of Canada - Province
of B.C. Ministry of Employment and Investment
Discusses the major issues concerning the negotiation of rules governing international trade in services. The paper reviews existing trade obligations in the services sector and raises for comment, a series of issues relating to the current negotiations within the WTO and FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) -
Full text of GATS
From the World Trade Organization website - Corporate
Watch
Works with other organizations to protect and promote the value of a strong public sector.
Libraries
and GATS
GATS and the threat to libraries
The
impact of globalization
- The
Virtual Library: Kiosk or Community?
A speech by Heather Menzies at the Canadian Library Association conference on June 19, 1997
The
impact of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)
