Surf these sites: Domestic Constituencies -- One of the world''s most notorious political philosophers analyzes and criticizes the World Trade Organization and other aspects of modern State-run markets. Foreign Policy In Focus: World Trade Organization -- An analysis of the World Trade Organization by a cooperative of policy institutes. Freedom to Trade: WTO''s Promising Anniversary -- One of the foremost policy institutes analyzes the dangers and potential benefits of the World Trade Organization Seattle Apology -- A Seattle resident offers public apology to WTO countries for the allegedly spoiled and uncivilized activists who disrupted the city in 1999. The MAI Shell Game - The World Trade Organization (WTO) -- An article by TradeWatch (a Public Citizen (Ralph Nader and gang) division that advocates their agenda concerning world trade) criticizing the World Trade Organization''s flaws and calling for it to be reformed (or eliminated?) rather than expanded. The Nature of International Trade Disputes under GATT -- An article describing how trade disputes are resolved (or not) under the World Trade Organization. Very informative. The New Eagle on-line WTO update -- The New Eagle on-line: WTO bulletin. Click here to view analysis of WTO and erosion of democracy, environmental safeguards, labor protections--written by Ralph Nader and Lori Wallach The New Eagle on-line, second WTO update -- The New Eagle on-line: WTO update. KZYX programmer and local hero Verge Belanger was in Seattle with the masses protesting WTO plans to implement corporate takeover of planet. The Real Threat to U.S. Sovereignty -- Heritage Foundation -- A Conservative defends the World Trade Organization against its critics, addressing many criticisms like the loss of national sovreignty to an uneledged world government which keeps its hearings and "trials" secret. The Rumble in Seattle -- All of the news mags, both paper and digital, have left the carcass of the WTO "Battle in Seattle" behind them. Like so many piranhas, they have had their feeding frenzy and are on the lookout for the next cow that falls in the water. The Structure of WTO -- This is a very informative outline of the structure and function of the World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization -- This organization serves as a sort of trade court for a world government in the way that the UN serves as a world government''s legislature. Like the UN, the members of this governing body are not democratically elected. Use WTO Process to Push China on Rights -- Human Rights Watch believes that WTO membership won''t itself reform the Chinese system or lead to political changes, but it could be an important catalyst over the long run if combined with consistent pressure from outside China. WTO Debate Club -- Yahoo online group debating the WTO and events in Seattle, WA in late 1999. WTO Links -- Corporate Reform''s dozen major links about WTO. WTO Overturns European Law; Could the U.S. Be Next? -- Could the unelected World Trade Organization begin to overturn the laws of the elected officials of the US government?
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