WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION AND THE MULTILATERAL AGREEMENT ON INVESTMENT

Early day motion 880, tabled 26 July 1999 by David Chaytor (Labour). Signed by 74 members.

That this House welcomes the call by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the international business community to 'give a human face to the global market'; further welcomes the recent statement by the International Chamber of Commerce that the agencies of the United Nations should have a greater role in establishing rules for international trade and the specific endorsement by the ICC of a greater role for the International Labour Organisation; notes the continuing debate about the suitability of the World Trade Organisation as a forum for determining social and environmental policy; and urges the Government to argue for greater involvement of the agencies of the United Nations in all future negotiations on trade and investment.

Signatures by party: Labour 50, Liberal Democrat 14, Labour/Co-operative 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Conservative 1, Scottish National Party 1, UUP 1.