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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: 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.