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Hello all,<br>
<br>
I am pasting below the latest version of the IGF workshop proposal
that several of you have expressed interest in supporting. Because
we only have a few more days to finalize the proposal, your comments
and suggestions are now urgently needed.<br>
<br>
All of the panelists now listed as volunteering have been
confirmed—but probably we shouldn't include all of them on the
panel, which is rather CS-heavy. Any suggestions about how we could
have a more balanced panel—including other people (not civil
society) to propose, and perhaps some panelists with different
views?<br>
<br>
Bill Drake has suggested we should tweak the proposal to do EITHER
one of two things: 1. De-emphasize the prospect of the Internet
governance issues that we mention being taken up at the WTO, which
he judges as unlikely, and instead to emphasize the fact that these
issues are on the agenda for mega-regional agreements and new
bilaterals. 2. OR else refocus the session on what is actually more
likely to come out of the WTO Ministerial in Buenos Aires, namely
just extending the customs duties moratorium, trade facilitation,
e-commerce for development, and a loose commitment to talk about
future issues.<br>
<br>
Does anyone else have views on Bill's suggestion? If anyone thinks
changes to the proposal are needed, please propose specific wording.<br>
<br>
With whatever feedback we have by then, I'll be finalizing and
submitting this proposal by Wednesday. So I'll be depending on you
between now and then to ensure that it's in the best shape it can
be.<br>
<br>
Here's the current text, also found at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://opendigital.trade/projects/dc-trade/wiki/IGF_Workshop_2017">https://opendigital.trade/projects/dc-trade/wiki/IGF_Workshop_2017</a>:<br>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Title: Engaging with the
E-commerce Trade Agenda</h2>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The World Trade
Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference takes place from 11 to
14 December 2017, just one week prior to the IGF. Key member
states are advocating that the Ministerial Conference should
approve additional substantive work on e-commerce, perhaps even
new norm-setting measures. The IGF will be the first opportunity
that stakeholders have to prepare a plan of action in response to
whatever decision is taken, and to connect the dots between the
WTO work programme and other relevant sources of expertise from
the broader Internet governance community.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(106, 110, 113); font-family: "helvetica
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Possible topics already
proposed by certain delegations for the WTO's work program include
encryption, data localisation, source code disclosure mandates,
and intermediary liability rules. All of these areas have
substantial intersections with Internet governance policies on
cybersecurity, privacy and data protection, and freedom of
expression. Yet the WTO, being relatively new to these topics,
lacks deep expertise in many of them, and does not possess strong
connections with all of the stakeholders with non-trade
perspectives to offer on the impacts of rulemaking in this areas.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(106, 110, 113); font-family: "helvetica
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">This workshop will
facilitate the exchange of information among interested
stakeholders and from external communities that also have an
interest or expertise to offer in the development of
Internet-related global trade rules. Even in the event that the
WTO does not decide to expand its existing work programme on
e-commerce, this workshop will still be relevant as many of the
same issues are also being dealt with in other trade negotiations
and fora, including the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA), the
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).</p>
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initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">To facilitate a
discussion about Internet-related global trade rules in general,
we will use the following policy issues to engender debate:</p>
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<li>Encryption</li>
<li>Data localization</li>
<li>Intermediary liability</li>
<li>Big data (social, economic, and political dimensions)</li>
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<li>Electronic Frontier Foundation (USA, civil society)</li>
<li>IT for Change (India, civil society)</li>
<li>Internet Infrastructure Coalition (USA, private sector)</li>
<li>Diplo Foundation (Malta, academic community)</li>
<li>Public Citizen (USA, civil society)</li>
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<li>William Drake (University of Zurich, USA/Switzerland, academic
community)</li>
<li>Susan Aaronson (George Washington University, USA, academic
community)</li>
<li>David Snead (Internet Infrastructure Coalition, USA, business)</li>
<li>Marília Maciel (Diplo Foundation, Brazil, academic community)</li>
<li>Gus Rossi (Public Knowledge, USA, civil society)</li>
<li>Maryant Fernandez (EDRi, Spain/Belgium, civil society)</li>
<li>Burcu Kilic (Public Citizen, USA, civil society)</li>
<li>Estelle Massé (Access Now, Belgium, civil society)</li>
<li>Jean-Baptiste Velut (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3,
France, academic community)</li>
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<li>Sanya Reid Smith (Third World Network, civil society)</li>
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<li>Renata Ribeiro (Brazil, civil society)</li>
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Jeremy Malcolm
Senior Global Policy Analyst
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Tel: 415.436.9333 ext 161
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Public key: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt">https://www.eff.org/files/2016/11/27/key_jmalcolm.txt</a>
PGP fingerprint: 75D2 4C0D 35EA EA2F 8CA8 8F79 4911 EC4A EDDF 1122</pre>
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