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Article: "The time they are a-changin'": Some preliminary thoughts on developing countries, NGOs and the reform of the WTO
- Article from:
- The George Washington International Law Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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"THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN"'":1 SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, NGOS AND THE REFORM OF THE WTO
At first impression, the tension between developing countries and labor, human rights, environmental, international development and social action groups in industrialized c
ountries2 that were protesting at the November 1999 Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle is puzzling. Governments of developing countries, who are the official, often democratically elected, representatives of the poorest parts of our world3 and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which work to create better conditions for the poor and the powerless in both rich and ...