EU pressures developing countries for access to water services

NGOs and multi-national water utilities companies have drawn a line in the sand against the EU and the international services lobby’s efforts to pressure developing countries into opening their water distribution markets.

If the EU gets its way, in exchange for access to the water markets, developing and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) would receive long sought-after access to Western markets as part of the WTO Doha Development Round.

"We are negotiating for better opportunities ...