Hong Kong Flu

With low expectations for a major new trade deal, the world's most influential economic policy makers have begun a ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Hong Kong.

All of us interested in the right to water should pay attention to the proceedings in Hong Kong as the delegates discuss a General Agreement on Trade and Services. If water is included as a service in such an agreement, it will become much more difficult for people anywhere to challenge water privatization agreements worked out by local, state or national governments.

Focus on the Global South, a Bangkok-based NGO, is providing excellent daily reports on events inside and outside of the meeting.