[DC-Trade] Blogpost on Information Economy Report 2017 and WTO mini-Ministerial

[Jyoti Panday]

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Dear All,


Sharing EFF's blogpost covering the release of Information Economy
Report 2017 and updates from the recently concluded mini-Ministerial

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/digital-trade-agreements-failing-reflect-internet-community-input-unctad


UNCTAD's Information Economy report references the work of the Open
Digital Trade Network (ODTN) and the Brussels Declaration. It notes,
"While not against international trade agreements, per se, ODTN
participants argue that trade negotiations that touch upon the Internet
environment should be conducted in a transparent and accountable manner,
and should include measures to guard against the capture of trade
processes by special interests to the detriment of the global public
interest in maintaining an open Internet."  

We are looking forward to continuing our work on opening up trade
processes at the IGF in Geneva later this year and will keep you updated
with our plans.

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-- 
Jyoti Panday
Asia Policy Fellow 
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://eff.org
jyoti.panday at eff.org

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