FTA with U.S.A.

Description:

The internet is managed by a non-profit organization, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which reports to the US Commerce Department. The UN Working Group on Internet Governance is attempting to ease control of ICANN away from the US and place the internet's underlying infrastructure on an intergovernmental basis.

Enablers:

- People are increasingly seeing the value of the Internet - Anti-US sentiment - Anti-US unilateralism - Globalization - Internet is big business - Precedence (e.g. UN coordinates global telephone system) - Fear of US technological strength that could lead to domination