How this works
Five delegations are negotiating a WTO agreement on trade in environmental goods. You are assigned one delegation at random and argue its position, not your own. The other four are computer delegations with their own priorities and red lines. A deal needs all five to accept the same package (WTO consensus). You have up to eight rounds. Consensus is never available in the opening rounds: positions move as events unfold, and the game flags each move that changes what is feasible.
| Issue | Options on the table |
|---|---|
| 1. Tariff cut on core environmental goods (solar modules, wind turbines, water filtration) | No cut; cut tariffs by half; eliminate tariffs |
| 2. Product coverage | Narrow list (core goods only); broad list (adds bicycles, LED lighting, efficient appliances) |
| 3. Transition period for developing countries | None; five years; ten years |
| 4. Border carbon adjustments (BCA) as a permitted trade measure | Permitted; permitted with a developing-country exemption; not permitted |
Notes: Read a concession as open trade and a hard line as protection. Watch for the moments when another delegation's move changes what is feasible for you; the game flags them.
Your task while playing: keep your delegation's record: the packages you tabled, who accepted and rejected and why, and at least one flagged moment where another delegation's concession or hard line changed your options. That record is the required anchor for your Discussion 3 post.
Enter your name to begin
Your delegation
Table a package
Your record
| Round | Package | Responses |
|---|
Notes: Tariff / coverage / transition / BCA. Flagged rows mark a moment another delegation's move changed what was feasible.
Negotiation closed
Submit for Activity 3.2: screenshot the completion block below and upload it to the 3.2 assignment in Canvas. Then download your record; you will cite a specific flagged moment in your Discussion 3 post.
For your post: name the delegation whose concession or hard line changed your options, the round it happened, and what it did to the deal that was feasible. Then trace one real supplying sector forward.