This proposal has been filed to the General Assembly Repeals Board.
NOTE: at 0324 BST on the 20th of July 2021, this proposal reached quorum with Enlais' approval, the 54th all told.
NOTE 2: as of 1815 BST on the 28th of July 2021, this proposal had 104 approvals, double the number required for quorum.
Word count: 232
OOC 1: Post number 8,500. w00t.
OOC 2: Regarding the FIRMLY REFUSING clause... the end of this post contains a comparison of the relevant provisions of GA#26 and GA#221.
Repeal "On Multilateral Trade Talks"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.Category: RepealTarget: GA#221Proposed by: Tinhampton
General Assembly Resolution #221 “On Multilateral Trade Talks” (Category: Free Trade, Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Noting that Article 1 of GA#221 requires that the World Assembly organise "multilateral trade negotiations... with the mandate of reducing protectionist measures between all member nations" on a decadal basis, and that its Article 3 tasks members with deploying "at least one qualified delegate to these negotiations,"
Concluding that GA#221 not only fails to require members to actually subscribe to free trade agreements, but in fact allows member state delegates to its negotiations to attempt to reach such agreements about exceedingly minor categories of goods and services with other delegates, so long as they meet Article 4's requirement that they "make a good faith effort... to come to mutually beneficial agreements which are in the best interests of all national populations involved" in doing so,
Firmly refusing to applaud GA#221's goal of "reducing protectionist measures between [member]s," given that GA#26 "World Assembly Economic Union" - the third article of which had similar provisions to that of GA#221 - was repealed by GA#45 exactly because of the damage that the WA-sanctioned reduction of such measures can cause to the economies of the least developed members, and
Believing that individual members are more than capable of negotiating their own free trade agreements - comprehensive or otherwise - without having to be babysat by the WA in the process...
The General Assembly hereby repeals GA#221 "On Multilateral Trade Talks."
Articles 1 and 5 of On Multilateral Trade Talks:
5. Notes that any agreement arising from these negotiations is binding on all member nations which consent to that agreement.
Article 3 of World Assembly Economic Union:
- The process will be conducted through a series of meetings convened by the WATC at its own discretion, but at least one per decade, with the goal of eventual elimination of all protectionist devices employed by WA member nations;
- Decisions arrived at by the WATC in the scheduled meetings are binding;
Repeal World Assembly Economic Union, in relevant part:
NOTING that Resolution #26 only benefits the few nations with powerful nonessential industries, effectively out-competing the minor industries of less developed nations due to forcibly unrestricted borders