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Those Made Poor

Boston Globe By James Carroll This story ran on page A15 of the Boston Globe on 2/1/2000.

1 Davos, 3 Seattles

The New York Times By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Liberalize Trade? Yes and No

Paris, Monday, January 31, 2000 By Martin Khor International Herald Tribune

Clinton Shift on Trade: ""Wake-Up Call""

New York Times By JOSEPH KAHN AVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 30 -- After seven years of pushing harder than any other postwar president to expand trade between the United States and the rest of the world, President Clinton told global leaders here this weekend that the American people have had enough.

Bee Decision Shows Merit of WTO, says Sutton

Press Release New Zealand Government World Trade Organization (WTO) rules have helped New Zealand beekeepers win access to the British bee market, Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton said today.

NFU Praises Clinton for Urging Reform of Farm Policy

National Farmers Union News Release / For Immediate Release: January 28, 2000 / Contact: Erika Batcheller (202) 314-3104 WASHINGTON -- The National Farmers Union today hailed President Bill Clinton for recognizing the farm crisis and for challenging Congress to revamp the federal farm program in his annual State of the Union address.

Greed is Good, Too Good to be True --from Davos

GUARDIAN (London) Sunday January 30, 2000 Will Hutton The architects of global capitalism bask in Davos, forgetting the trivial issues of justice and rights

Remember Seattle

By John J. Sweeney Washington Post, Opinion Sunday, January 30, 2000 It is time we asked ourselves: What is the fundamental test of globalization? In all the talk about whether global markets are more open or less open, we've lost view of the market's fundamental role in a democratic society. An open market is a means to an end, and the end is human development.

Clinton Urges Dialogue on Globalization

LA Times Trade: At economic forum, president stresses U.S. commitment to open markets as means to bridge world's rich-poor gap. By ROBIN WRIGHT, Times Staff Writer

Chile""s Free Trade Fast Track

Miguel Fredes, staff attorney, FIMA, CHILE Since Chile has joined many free trade agreements, it has expanded exports of primary resources such as timber products. This has dramatically increased the pressure on its biodiversity, increased levels of pollutants in the environment, and resulted in massive overuse of natural resources.