[DC-Trade] New IGF Dynamic Coalition on Trade and the Internet

[David Snead]

Hi Jeremy -

Thanks for doing the heavy lifting on this!  I agree with everything but
think the statement below needs a bit of thinking:


   - To develop a multi-stakeholder consensus around a set of
   recommendations for the improvement of the transparency and inclusiveness
   of the practice of international trade negotiations and domestic
   consultation processes.

I would reconsider the word "consensus."   Given the broad scope of members
of the broad list, it will be difficult to develop consensus.  More
fundamentally, however, is the relationship between the statement above,
and this statement:

procedural (that is, about how Internet public policy can be developed in a
transparent and inclusive way).

I think that it might be possible to achieve consensus on how to develop
trade public policy in a "transparent and inclusive way."  However that is
very different from the "practice of international trade negotiations."
 I'd suggest the following revision:


   - To develop a multi-stakeholder *approach to facilitating the
   transparency and inclusiveness in* international trade negotiations and
   *the* domestic consultation processes.


David Snead
Board Chair, Chair Public Policy Working Group, Co-founder
Internet Infrastructure Coalition / I2Coalition
i2Coalition.com

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <jmalcolm at eff.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> You have all expressed interest in being among the founding members of a
> new multi-stakeholder IGF dynamic coalition on Trade and the Internet.  I'm
> writing to you about the next steps towards its formation.
>
> We are required to produce:
>
>    1. *The need for the dynamic coalition* - see below.
>    2. *An action plan* - see below.
>    3. *A mailing list* - this is the first message to it (cc'd to you
>    individually, so that if it went into your spam, you can adjust your filter
>    settings).
>    4. *The contact person(s)* - for now, this is me.
>    5. *A list of representatives from at least three stakeholder groups*
>    - Giacomo Mazzone from the European Broadcasting Union has offered to
>    represent the private sector, David Snead from the Internet Infrastructure
>    Coalition to represent the Internet technical community, and we have
>    several including myself for civil society.
>    6. (Recommended) *A blog or website* - this is at
>    https://opendigital.trade/projects/dc-trade
>    <https://opendigital.trade/projects/dc-trade>, although it has no
>    content yet.  If you haven't already registered here (I think this only
>    applies to Giacomo), please do so.
>
> I suggest the following text to express "the need for the dynamic
> coalition":
>
> Many Internet governance issues that are discussed at the IGF are also the
> subject of rulemaking through bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral
> trade agreements. The purpose of this Dynamic Coalition is to provide an
> interface for the exchange of information and best practices between the
> negotiators of these trade agreements and the bodies in which they work,
> and the Internet Governance Forum and its multi-stakeholder community. This
> information exchange will be both substantive (that is, concerning
> particular Internet public policy issues) and also procedural (that is,
> about how Internet public policy can be developed in a transparent and
> inclusive way).
>
> And here is what I suggest (a little more tentatively) for an initial
> action plan for 2017.  These items are based around the existing work of
> the Open Digital Trade Network (which most of you are already part of):
>
>
>    - To publish a background paper mapping the major trade agreements
>    that are in place or under negotiation, as well as the venues where this
>    takes place, and identifying the key Internet governance issues that are
>    the subject of such agreements and negotiations.
>    - To develop a multi-stakeholder consensus around a set of
>    recommendations for the improvement of the transparency and inclusiveness
>    of the practice of international trade negotiations and domestic
>    consultation processes.
>    - To build a network of representatives from trade institutions and
>    delegations for liaison with our Dynamic Coalition and the broader IGF
>    community.
>    - To hold our inaugural meeting at the 2017 IGF in Geneva to present
>    our outputs to the IGF community.
>
> I am seeking your feedback.  Can you please respond with your thoughts
> about the above proposals by *17 February*?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> --
> Jeremy Malcolm
> Senior Global Policy Analyst
> Electronic Frontier Foundationhttps://eff.orgjmalcolm@eff.org
>
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