World Trade Organization

Moore to Offer Mini-Package; Hopes for Consensus on Four Major Issues

World Trade Organisation chief Mike Moore hopes to forge greater consensus on four global trade issues, including agriculture and free market access for the least developed countries, during his visit for the UN Conference on Trade and Development.

Activists Flex Post-Seattle Muscles, Attack Trade Favoring Rich

AP Worldstream / By PATRICK McDOWELL BANGKOK, Thailand -- Activists condemned the World Trade Organization on Monday as a tool for rich corporations and nations to dominate trade, and demanded that the organization be cut down to size.

Arrogance and Bad Advocacy Rule in Davos and Beyond

Financial Mail (South Africa) Ethel Hazelhurst, Davos WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Developing nations caught in crossfire of globalisation war

Clinton Is Beating the Drum for Imports as Trade Fights Loom

The Wall Street Journal By MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS, Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- GOP Rep. David Dreier of California, a free-trade true believer, remembers the moment well: In the galley of Air Force One, somewhere over South America, he urged President Clinton to say something nice about imports for a change.

Sweeney Letter on China Vote

Inside US Trade January 28, 2000 Dear Representative:

Where was the color in Seattle? Looking for reasons why the Great Battle was so white

From: ColorLines February, 2000

1 Davos, 3 Seattles

The New York Times By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

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.

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.