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Comment: Telecoms treaty a masterclass in US diplomacy

By Magnus Franklin ( December 19, 2012, 10:03 GMT | Comment) -- The last-minute decision by Western countries to renege on a compromise text to revise the 1988 global telecoms regulations marked the pinnacle of a masterclass in foot-dragging, hardball diplomacy from the American delegation. But the full extent of the US success goes beyond its decision not to sign up to the agreement: it also managed to prevent its adversaries from signing up to a text that could have been much more harmful to its internet-related interests. Brussels – Western countries’ rejection last week of a compromise text to revise global telecoms regulations marked deep divisions in how developed and developing nations view regulation of the internet, and provided a masterclass in US diplomacy....

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