| Indonesian groups say no to the WTO |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Thursday, 31 May 2001 18:49 |
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Java-based NGOs launched an anti-WTO coalition as a result of the APRN-led WTO Workshop held in February. Twenty-seven participants from 18 NGOs and People's Organizations from various sectors forged ties to work together in advocating against the WTO. The newly formed coalition vowed to launch education and research work among their communities on the impacts of the WTO to their lives. Gita Pertiwi, an Indonesian NGO working on sustainable environmental development co-organized the three-day workshop with APRN. Members of the APRN Board of Convenors provided the inputs, which include discussion on the historical development of the WTO and the intricacies of different agreements including TRIPS, GATS and AoA. Bonnie Setiawan of International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), an APRN member organization, presented to the workshop the preliminary result of the APRN funded research on the impact of the WTO AoA and TRIPS on Indonesian agriculture. He argued that Indonesian farmers have no capacity to compete with Northern farmers who produce cheap agriculture products that are flooding into the local market. Northern farmers receive export subsidy from their governments while Indonesian farmers have never had export subsidy. Those who provided the inputs include BOC members Tony Tujan of IBON, T. Rajamoorthy of Third World Network and Mika Iba of NESSFE. James Goodman of Aidwatch, an APRN member from Australia was also invited to speak. Like it? Share it!
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