Sheriff or prisoner? The United States and the World Trade Organization

From: Chicago Journal of International Law | Date: April 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

One might think that the recent fiasco in Seattle put an end to the claim that globalization and U.S. hegemony amount to the same thing. The United States advanced itself as the host of the World Trade Organization ("WTO") ministerial meeting to identify the next round of global trade negotiation s with U.S. objectives and values, as well as to build the Clinton presidency's claim to a legacy. The refusal of the participants to agree to an agenda for further negotiations, as much as the bizarre street theater that hectored the delegates, proved a terrible embarrassment. The institution most ...

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