MetaFilter posts tagged with WTO

WTO, the US and Antigua - a love story

bigmusic — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:10:17 -0800

This will end badly

Pastabagel — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:30:20 -0800

Compassionate Slavery. A representative of the World Trade Organization proposes foreign corporate "stewardship" of workers in Africa from the moment they are hired until they die, describing it as "the best available solution to African poverty, and the inevitable result of free-market theory".

We know where this WTO sits on the issues...

gimonca — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:42:18 -0800

"A WTO conference has begun in Beijing." No, not that WTO. This WTO. Love that logo...

Job 9:12

the fire you left me — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 21:38:22 -0800

World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Government Procurement. "International law? I better call my lawyer. I don't know what you're talking about, about international law," the president said.

Race to the subsidies!

raaka — Sun, 14 Sep 2003 16:30:49 -0800

In events not suprising to anyone, the WTO's "development round" ends without agreement. The IHT published an interesting dissent from the leftist hope of poor nations climbing out of poverty by using sustainable agriculture as unrealistic. Likely industrial ag businesses would eventually dominate, just as they did in the developed world.

medicine for the millions

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 30 Aug 2003 13:47:22 -0800

At the WTO: At last, the USA backs away from the policy of putting intellectual property above innocent lives. Good news for everyone who cares about mankind.

Wince-some Title Omitted

Blue Stone — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:53:07 -0800

George Monbiot, environmentalist and anti-globalisationist has seen the light - he no longer wishes to demolish the WTO. And what's more, it was US President, George W. Bush, who made him see the error of his ways.

Freely Traded Opinion

raaka — Mon, 19 May 2003 21:22:25 -0800

I was wrong. Free market trade policies hurt the poor. “As leader of the delegation from the United Kingdom [to Seattle in 1999], I was convinced that the expansion of world trade had the potential to bring major benefits to developing countries and would be one of the key means by which world poverty would be tackled... I now believe that this approach is wrong and misguided.”

WTO and Bush

bureaustyle — Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:16:56 -0800

The World Trade Organization ruled today that the steel tariffs imposed by President Bush last year were illegal. Today's ruling, which was not a surprise, was the second major loss for the United States at the W.T.O. in the last year. The trade panel awarded Europe the right to impose $4 billion worth of trade sanctions against the United States for giving tax breaks to American exporters through foreign sales corporations. Well, at least we are winnig the war...

dagny — Mon, 27 May 2002 07:22:35 -0800

WTO reveals itself as the anti free-market organization it is: disbands, and forms the new "Trade Regulation Organization" -- Anti-WTO anti-capitalist activists bewildered.

djacobs — Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:04:27 -0800

Combatting White Supremacy in the Anti-globalization Movement
The anti-globalization movement has been vibrant in communities and organizations of color in the US and around the world for hundreds of years, yet white supremacy was rampant in the movement against the WTO ministerial meetings in Seattle. In other words, racism is alive and well in social justice organizing, and the WTO was no exception.

MidasMulligan — Sat, 02 Feb 2002 10:08:43 -0800

So what happened? News from New York. A banner was unfurled (somewhere - nobody really saw it). A Starbucks had an incomprehensible something spray painted on a window. A few people protested cheap kakhi's at the Gap (I passed this one on the way to a meeting and, ironically, some appeared to be wearing Gap clothes). The Falun Gong exercised outside, but on the whole this week has turned into a non-protest ... with the 10,000 that organizers expected turning into about 500. Has the anti-globalization movement had the life drained from it by Sept. 11? Is this just a temporary lull?

raaka — Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:38:53 -0800

Last week, the WTO ruled against a corporate welfare program for US exporters (again). This week, a Canadian hemp company claims the US owes them US$20m under NAFTA for harrassment and impinging on future returns.

elfgirl — Sat, 15 Sep 2001 06:22:30 -0800

They've finally reached an agreement that will allow China to become members of the World Trade Organization. I'm not sure I buy the idea that allowing them in will help "bring domestic political liberalization". Although this probably would have made big news a week ago, it was buried in the Reuters Business News today.

skallas — Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:11:14 -0800

US drops WTO lawsuit against Brazil for producing generic anti-AIDS drugs while UN nations' contributions to African AIDS relief falls short of Annan's proposed 10 billion war chest.

snakey — Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:07:50 -0800

Is violence necessary to fight The Man? Hey, ya can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs. This essay makes some compelling points on the violence in Seattle and at the FTAA protests.

tobyslater — Tue, 06 Feb 2001 12:16:15 -0800

Anti-globalisation protesters "make me want to vomit" says Michael Moore, head of the World Trade Organisation. Which is funny, since *he* makes *me* want to vomit, too. "Because the poorest people on our planet, they are the ones that need us the most", says Mr. Moore. Oh, the sincerity in his words...

luke — Sun, 07 Jan 2001 18:53:44 -0800

Found in today's Times: It takes some time to wind up, but this could be the finest and most thorough Internet hoax ever, at least that I am aware of.

johnb — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:47:45 -0800

One Year After Seattle -- "A year has passed since the World Trade Organization's "Millennium Round" collapsed under clouds of tear gas in Seattle," writes Mark Weisbrot, in this useful overview of what was -- and is -- at stake. "The debate over globalization has been altered, perhaps permanently, to include some of the concerns of civil society: poverty and inequality, economic instability, and the environmental costs of globalization...."