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From: Corporate Watch To: [log in to unmask] Sent: 09/03/01 05:42 Subject: Washington's Global E-Commerce Agenda WHAT'S NEW ON CORPORATE WATCH The Watchdog on the Web <http://www.corpwatch.org> March 8, 2001 INTERNET POLITICS Peddling the E-Ticket to the Development Train: Washington's Global E-Commerce Agenda http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/net/sanderson.html U.S. policy makers are aggressively promoting high tech's global interests by breaking down barriers to electronic commerce. While e-commerce has been central to the free traders' agenda, the critics of corporate globalization have largely ignored the issue. It's time for anti-globalization forces to start paying attention, according to Sarah Anderson, Director of the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington. In this piece for Corporate Watch, she looks at the impacts of e-commerce on taxes, trade, labor, the environment and social and community relations world wide. HEADLINES CorpWatch Named "New Media Hero" http://www.corpwatch.org/headlines/2001/0053.html AlterNet.org has announced the winners of its first annual "New Media Heroes Awards." Among the top five winners out of 24 nominees is Josh Karliner, Corporate Watch Executive Editor. "There's a growing international challenge to corporate-led globalization," Josh told AlterNet. "We're using the Internet to build that movement -- to help tie its disparate strands together with information, analysis, resources and action tools." Many heartfelt thanks to those of you who voted for Josh and Corporate Watch. MORE HEADLINES http://www.corpwatch.org/headlines/2001 * USA: Trade Representative Sued for Hiding Documents * USA: Right Wing IMF Critic Named To Treasury Post * South Africa: International Financial Institutions Eye Public Services * South Africa: NGOs Condemn World Bank "Global Internet Gateway" * India: Greenpeace Accuses Unilever of Poisoning Tourist Resort * USA: Activists Protest Partnership Between GM and Cancer Institute SUPPORT Corporate Watch! Join us as we expose corporate misdeeds and give voice to alternatives. Your tax-deductible donations fuel Corporate Watch's work. Consider joining our Sustainer Program: Your donation will be charged to your credit card each month, allowing you to spread your contribution out over the year. Make a donation through the web: https://swww.igc.apc.org/trac/donation.html Or send us a tax deductible US bank check or international money order in US dollars make out to "TRAC/Tides": Corporate Watch/TRAC PO Box 29344 San Francisco, CA 94129 USA Tel: 415-561-6568 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.corpwatch.org ### Corp-watchers Email Newsletter To subscribe, send a blank message to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [log in to unmask] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************