[DC-Trade] Background paper on trade and the Internet

[Jeremy Malcolm]

The two month consultation period on our background document on trade
and the Internet ended yesterday, and we have incorporated all of the
suggested amendments that were suggested in Google Docs, and proof read
the document.  A final version is available in PDF format here
<https://opendigital.trade/documents/58> (or as a Google Doc here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zxlSbR_JO6rra7jmDupU315UkJc6ThJN-3Hx0iGCv7Y/edit>),
and I'll have the IGF Secretariat upload it to the official IGF website
also.

With that said, the IGF Secretariat has just decided that the Dynamic
Coalition output papers (in our case, just an excerpt from the paper,
due to its length) will be left online for further comments up until the
date of the meeting itself.  So, if you have further very small textual
amendments or corrections, please let me know so that I can reflect them
in the version of the paper that I print out and bring to the meeting.

I think everyone understands this already, but just to be clear, the
background paper is not a normative document and does not contain any
recommendations or messages from the Dynamic Coalition; it's simply an
informational resource for capacity building, which can also provide a
shared knowledgebase for our ongoing work and communications.

This differs from the second of our two output documents, the Resolution
on Transparency
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cu2p-gUdAUbPJrHysjWAFQ0SM-CKWabf22D6PGXAgxo/edit>,
which we intend /will/ become a normative document from the Dynamic
Coalition's inaugural meeting after we present it for adoption by
acclamation in Geneva.  It too has recently been finalized, but minor
wording corrections may still be possible before the meeting, so please
give it one final review and let me know if there is anything amiss.

Many thanks and I look forward to seeing many of you in Geneva soon.

PS. If you would like to speak at the DC meeting, you can still add your
name to the draft agenda
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DxVPV54NXYlV7PJkDPMgmmv-XHKzko_mgmHFVPrkBXI/edit#>.

On 4/10/17 2:01 pm, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Further to the brief exchange with Bill earlier today, we are now
> finally sharing with you a link to a background paper on trade and the
> Internet, that we hope will be a useful resource for this Dynamic
> Coalition going forward.  This was one of the outputs that we resolved
> to produce during the year, in the leadup to our inaugural meeting in
> Geneva.
>
> It's a collaborative document and it's labelled version "0.0", but
> because it's difficult to start off with a blank slate, you'll find that
> it's already pretty comprehensive, and I'd like to thank my colleague
> Jyoti for her extensive work on it.
>
> Importantly, unlike the resolution about transparency, it's not intended
> to be a position paper but an informational resource.  This means that
> it doesn't contain any recommendations (except for references to
> recommendations made elsewhere), and we are not seeking to reach a
> consensus about it.  But with that said, if there are any parts of it
> that you think are wrong or missing, your help in identifying these is
> needed.
>
> The link to the draft is here (please use this rather than the link
> shared by the Secretariat, which is to an earlier version):
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zxlSbR_JO6rra7jmDupU315UkJc6ThJN-3Hx0iGCv7Y/edit?usp=sharing
>
> The above link allows you to comment only (to avoid driveby edits by
> anyone who visits the link), but if you want to be able to edit
> directly, please let me know and I can add your name to the list of
> editors.  The document will be open for edits for two months until 4
> December, at which time we will finalize it, so that it can be presented
> at our inaugural meeting and become a resource for us to draw upon going
> forward.
>
> Thanks and I look forward to reading your comments.
>

-- 
Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jmalcolm at eff.org

Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161

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