[cooperation-wg] New on RIPE Labs: Our Response to the UN High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation Report

Richard,

Thank you for your thorough answer - sad as it is ... :-(

				Cheers,
				  /Liman

rhill at hill-a.ch:
> 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:liman at netnod.se]
>> 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!
>> 
>> chrisb at ripe.net:
>> > ... ...
>> > 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
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