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posted by Fnord666 on Friday December 01 2017, @05:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the more-secret-negotiations-violate-democracy dept.

NAFTA's Digital Trade chapter could be finalized next month all before the public has seen a single word of it. The fifth round of re-negotiations for NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) finished last week in Mexico and the Digital Trade section might be forced through, unseen by the public, during the next round on December 11th in Washington, DC.

The fifth round of negotiations over a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) wound up last week in Mexico. Following conclusion of the round, Mexican Trade Minister Ildefonso Guajardo told reporters that he hoped that the next round, to be held in Washington, DC in the week of 11 December, could see sufficient progress made that the agreement's Digital Trade chapter could be closed... all before the public has seen a single word of it.


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  • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Friday December 01 2017, @09:48AM (3 children)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 01 2017, @09:48AM (#603845) Journal

    I'd just like to point out that, despite the deceptive name, this has nothing whatsoever to do with free trade.

    And, being developed in near-total secrecy, it has nothing whatsoever to do with an agreement. It's just a corporate scam and elected officials should shoot down such sectretive proposals as soon as they are presented, just based on principle alone. However, I expect that instead we'll hear more pleas from the officials to vote to pass the proposals so that they can "see what's in it".

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday December 01 2017, @01:23PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday December 01 2017, @01:23PM (#603882)

    elected officials should shoot down such sectretive proposals as soon as they are presented, just based on principle alone

    What principle? The only principles it seems a majority of elected officials have is "for sale to the highest bidder"!

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    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @02:57PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @02:57PM (#603913)

      US style democracy: one dollar one vote

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @06:01PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 01 2017, @06:01PM (#603984)

        Sung to the the Guess Who's, No Time

              There's no democracy left for you
              No democracy left for youoouuuuu,

              On our way to plu-toc-racy

        Ah who am i kidding, we're already there and been there for a long time, never mind.