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Article: Distrust grows in WTO.
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- United Press International
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- December 6, 1999
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SEATTLE, Dec. 3 (UPI)
Efforts to open up the negotiating process of the World Trade Organization in Seattle so that all viewpoints can be heard was a stated goal of the United States, but one that its representatives failed to achieve.
In the eyes of developing nations, they were once again shuffled aside by the major trading powers.
Developing nations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa showed their deep distrust of the WTO's ability to be more open in their deliberations in strongly-worded statements condemning the open process they were promised before coming to Seattle.
``There is no sense by the membership ...