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ICFTU calls for WTO to promote openness and transparency
Adequate public oversight of the WTO is impossible because negotiations take place behind closed doors. Trade unions and other public interest groups, as well as national parliaments, are shut out from the WTO’s crucially important decision-making processes. This makes it extremely hard to monitor the social and environmental implications of trade agreements, such as the way they affect workers’ rights, impact on women, or interact with national environmental legislation.