A critique of the draft Cancun ministerial declaration
September 11, 2003 |
National Office
OTTAWA--The draft text of the World Trade Organization's declaration submitted to the upcoming "Ministerial" session in Cancun, Mexico, is heavily biased to the priorities and interests of the governments and big corporations of the three largest economic powers--the United States, the European Union, and Japan--and fails to meet the needs or expectations of most other WTO member states.