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Europeans Challenge U.S. Limits on Steel Imports - NY Times (registration req'd) (Dec 3, 2000) |
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Mega-mergers 'pose monopoly threat' - BBC (Dec 1, 2000) |
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EU Launches WTO Steel Case Against U.S. - Reuters (Dec 1, 2000) |
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EU Links Export Tax Row to U.S. Beef, Banana Duties - Reuters (Dec 1, 2000) |
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Police and protesters clash, 140 arrested; jail bookings continue this morning - Seattle Times (Dec 1, 2000) |
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WTO Protest Anniversary Turns Ugly - AP (Dec 1, 2000) |
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Late skirmish mars peaceful WTO II; 140 arrested - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Dec 1, 2000) |
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WTO Protesters Return to Seattle Without the Violence of Last Year - Los Angeles Times (Dec 1, 2000) |
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Seattle Police Arrest 140 on WTO Anniversary - Reuters (Dec 1, 2000) |
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What Is The WTO? - summary of the organization's composition and role. From the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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World Trade Organization (WTO) - regulates trade and tariffs worldwide. Formed as successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). |
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WTOWatch.org - get news and information on topics including the WTO, trade, and sustainable development. From the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. |
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Fair Trade Watch - provides information on trade and the global economy from a worker's perspective. |
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Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch - fights for international trade and investment policies promoting government and corporate accountability, consumer safety, and environmental protection. |
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World Trade Blocs - interactive map that profiles four major trade blocs: NAFTA, APEC, the EU, and Cairns Group. From the BBC, November, 1999. |
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World Trade Organization - GATT Parody - parody site with a look and feel very close to the official WTO site. Includes serious, critical consideration of trade, labor, and commerce topics. |
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WTO: A History Of Free Trade - looks at key events in the history of GATT and its successor, the WTO. From the BBC, July 1998. |
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Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) - primary regional vehicle for promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific economies. |
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European Union Directorate General of Trade - includes a section on EU world trade and the WTO |
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NAFTA Secretariat |
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International Federation for Alternative Trade - strives to improve the working conditions of the poor in developing countries and to change unfair structures of international trade. |
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International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) - promotes international trade, investment and the market economy system worldwide. |
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MAI Information Page - presents arguments for and against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment. |
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) - intergovernmental body that works in the field of trade and development. |
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Trade Policy and the WTO: Fix it or Nix it! - from the United Steelworkers of America. Includes section on the union's position on the WTO. |
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Corporate Watch - studies the social, ecological and economic impacts of transnational corporations. Site has a section called "Who owns the WTO?" |
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