South Africa’s Official Position and Role in Promoting the Wto
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South African popular movement analysts and activists participating in African and international civil society meetings on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other multilateral institutions, such as the IMF and the World Bank, are frequently faced with troubled and troubling questions about the position that the South African government has taken, and what is seen to be the highly questionable role that official South African representatives are playing within these and other multilateral institutions. It is vitally important that the popular mass movements and progressive organisations in South Africa are more fully informed on the sources and causes, the features and effects of the South African government’s international role in this regard.
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