Trade negotiations, including for e-commerce, which includes issues related to Internet governance, are discussed in specialized circles, typically within Ministries of Economics (but in the USA there is a specific office for this).
Those circles are typically quite closed, restricted to government officials and a few representatives of big companies or industry lobbying groups. Written inputs to the national and international discussions are often not made public. In the past, the European Commission even refused access to members of the European Parliament. Europe has since changes its policies and does make most of its input papers public. But other countries don't, and the negotiating texts are still typically not public. >From my point of view, this is a crass violation of the generally accepted view that discussions related to Internet governance should be open, transparent, and multi-stakeholder. For more details on e-commerce and its relation to Internet governance, please take a look at the links I provided in my first e-mail, and for WTO in general see: www.ourworldisnotforsale.net Best, Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Lars-Johan Liman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: mardi, 1. octobre 2019 23:31 > To: Chris Buckridge > Cc: Richard Hill; RIPE Cooperation Working Group > Subject: Re: [cooperation-wg] New on RIPE Labs: Our Response to the UN > High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation Report > > Hi Richard! > > [email protected]: > > ... ... > > On the substance, the straightforward answer is that, while aware of > > these issues, the RIPE NCC has not engaged closely with the > > discussions surrounding digital governance in the World Trade > > Organization. > > ... ... > > Just curious: where/in which circles are such discussion being held? > > Cheers, > /Liman > -- > #---------------------------------------------------------------------- > # Lars-Johan Liman, M.Sc. ! E-mail: [email protected] > # Senior Systems Specialist ! Tel: +46 8 - 562 860 12 > # Netnod Internet Exchange, Stockholm ! http://www.netnod.se/ > #----------------------------------------------------------------------
