Our World is Not for Sale (OWINFS) is a global network of organizations and social movements committed to a socially just multilateral trading system.
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The U.S. made the e-commerce moratorium, a ban on customs duties on electronic transmissions, the centre of its agenda & linked the conference's whole progress to it.
Understand the main issues in the final hours of #MC14.
Full report ▶️twn.my/title2/wto.info/2026/…
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Civil society organizations & Members of the European Parliament are calling on WTO Member States to suspend Israel's Most Favoured Nation status, the trade privilege that grants Israel the same favorable conditions as any other member.
Understand what is at stake 🧵1/6
@OWINFS
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❗Nouveau record belge de mobilisation pour la Palestine : plus de 120 000 manifestants adressent un carton rouge aux complices du genocide à Gaza ! 🟥🇵🇸
Nous appelons le #begov a agir au plus vite pour mettre fin à l'impunité d'Israël. SANCTIONS MAXIMALES ET IMMEDIATES!
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Every day more countries are championing a new way forward—where all nations contribute, decide, and benefit.
It’s time to reimagine how we fund global solutions and ensure that international cooperation truly serves the common good.
#globalpublicinvestment
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Trump is using official trade policy to promote Musk's satellite business Starlink.
This is a glaring conflict of interest.
Government policy should be designed to benefit the American people, not abused for personal tech bro profiteering.
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My latest Substack: the specter of US withdrawal from the WTO comes (again) to Congress.
Withdrawal Syndrome: a resolution to pull out of the WTO is (once again) before the US Congress open.substack.com/pub/tradet…
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America’s wealth gap is now more extreme than it’s been in over a century. Until this structural problem is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.
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Who doesn't love a good podcast? Add our "Mostly Economics" hosted by @deanbaker13 to your playlist! We just dropped its debut episode—available now wherever you get your audio fix. f.mtr.cool/wdybntmxhv
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The thing businesses are least likely to do in response to the tariffs.
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America's health care system is only getting worse. We need change.
Medicare for All is what we need to finally fix our broken health care system.
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De las personas que mas admiro @deborah_james y orgulloso de ser parte de @OWINFS
It has been 25 years of fighting unfair trade rules at the WTO, and our coordinator @deborah_james got interviewed by @davidsolnit from @commondreams. Here are some key takeaways:
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🌍 At the #WTOPublicForum, the ITUC hosted a session on "Implementing labour standards in the WTO"—highlighting the crucial role of upholding fundamental labour rights in international trade. By ensuring these rights, we can promote decent work and create a fairer global economy that benefits everyone✊
It's time to rethink trade rules—putting people and workers at the centre to guarantee shared prosperity and well-being for all.
@WTO @etuc @itucasiapacific @ituc_africa @csa_tuca @arabtradeunion @TUACOECD
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Public Forum sessions are dominated by WTO and corporate interests, leaving little room for critical voices from the Global South. The promise of inclusivity remains unfulfilled🚫
igj.or.id/2024/09/12/the-pub… #WTOPublicForum
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Avec @trust_coast nous avons organisé un panel au #WTOPublicForum @OMC_fr sur la façon dont le commerce pourrait venir en appui aux petits paysans en UE et dans le Sud global.
Nous organisons ce panel avec le négociateur agriculture du groupe Africain à l'OMC, Ogwuche Sunday.
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Shrinking space for civil society organizations at #WTOPublicForum 2024!
PF is an outreach event made for CSOs to express their views. We’ve seen in the past years less and less space for our sessions and we’re deeply concerned about the overwhelmingly space @WTO sec. is taking.
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Last year, Google and Microsoft data centers consumed more electricity than many countries did.
Wild.
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New text of WTO E-Commerce JSI leaked at @bilaterals_org bilaterals.org/?wto-electron…
This one is dated 29 June AND includes review of customs duties moratorium language - and I think this is first time the formal title “WTO Electronic Commerce Agreement” has been used?
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If one includes both direct & indirect deaths from Israel's assault, the death toll in Gaza goes up to 186,000 people, according to the medical journal @TheLancet. That's 1 in every 12 Gaza inhabitants killed in the last 9 months of genocide.
BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures.
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UN expert @srpoverty calls for an urgent rethink in the fight against #poverty, asking states to abandon the use of #GDP as a measure of progress & instead prioritise human rights & well-being in the economic decisions. #HRC56
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We need bold action to prevent further climate catastrophe, and so we applaud reports that Ed Miliband will place an immediate ban on new oil drilling in the North Sea 🎉
Now we must ensure fossil fuel corporations cannot hold our country to ransom for taking this vital action.
BREAKING: Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, has ordered an immediate ban on new drilling in the North Sea
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