Re: wto vs. cpa

[Eubulides <paraconsistent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



> The NYT reports that the US will not let old Europe get contracts for
> reconstruction in our new colony.  Is that a violation of the WTO?
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Since it seems there are no supremacy clauses within treaties establishing
a hierarchy of international treaties vis a vis one another, who knows?

>From the GATS:

Article XIV bis: Security Exceptions

1.         Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed:

(a)        to require any Member to furnish any information, the
disclosure of which it considers contrary to its essential security
interests; or

(b)        to prevent any Member from taking any action which it considers
necessary for the protection of its essential security interests:

(i)        relating to the supply of services as carried out directly or
indirectly for the purpose of provisioning a military establishment;

(ii)       relating to fissionable and fusionable materials or the
materials from which they are derived;

(iii)      taken in time of war or other emergency in international
relations;  or

(c)        to prevent any Member from taking any action in pursuance of
its obligations under the United Nations Charter for the maintenance of
international peace and security.

Given the proclivities of the Bushies to privatize the former State of
Iraq, anyone who wants to take a look at the financial services annex can
click here:
http://www.wto.org/english/docs_e/legal_e/26-gats_02_e.htm [halfway down]