... tough time negotiating anything of purpose. GEO adopts a long-range vision for protection of the earth, and considers an environmentally minded approach to be beneficial to both the people of earth and the economy of the world, particularly when considered in the context of long-term benefits. GEO recognizes and embraces the language of the WTO preamble that directs the trading nations towards "raising standards of living" (Ward, p597), as well as the "allowing for the optimal use of the world's resources in accordance with the objective of sustainable development" listed as an objective in the WTO agreement (Ward p599). To these ends, we have outlined positions on three issues to be discussed at the upcoming Hamilton Round of the WTO. Article I Investment Liberalisation: GEO views foreign investment in developing economies as a potential means of spreading global wealth from areas where it is concentrated to those areas that could ...

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